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Chinese Miniatures

Composer
Sugár Rezső
Original / Hungarian title
Kínai miniatűrök
Foreign language / English title
Chinese Miniatures
Subtitle
For alto voice and piano
Year of composition
1954
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
A., pf.
Movements, parts
1. Keserű szerelem / Bitter love
2. Az ő erkélye / Her balcony
3. Eperfa / Mulberry tree
4. Kék tavasz / Blue spring
5. A távollévő kedves / Absent love
6. Li Fu-Jen siratása / Lament for Li Fu-Jen
Text
Chinese poets
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
21 May 1955, Bartók Hall, Budapest; Magda Tiszai (A.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1954 (Mov I - IV.), 1975 (Mov V.) and 1977 (Mov VI.)

Based on poems by Li Bo, Bo Juyi, Liu Sen-hsu, Chang Chiu-ling, Wu-ti
Hungarian translation by Dezső Kosztolányi