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Title of the work

New Castles were Built

Composer
Szőnyi Erzsébet
Original / Hungarian title
Új várak épültek
Foreign language / English title
New Castles were Built
Year of composition
1946
Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
mixexd choir
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
ADY, Endre
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
23 March 1947, City Theater, Budapest; Choir of Printers in Budapest, Erzsébet Szőnyi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Cserépfalvi 1947, E.Cs. 31

Worker´s Music Association Ltd. London
Remarks, other info
Based on the Poem by Endre Ady

First-prize winner of the Mixed Choir Competition organized by the Hungarian Worker´s Song Society for its 40th Anniversary