Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

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Composer
Szőnyi Erzsébet
Original / Hungarian title
Sirató
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Subtitle
Mourning Zoltán Kodály
Dedication
En Hommage á Zoltán Kodály
Year of composition
1967
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s)
Instrumentation
A. solo - female choir (S-S-A-A-A) - vla., fl., cimb.
Duration
8 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
Folk text(s)
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1968
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest 1972, Z. 6034
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Recordings
Polhymnia CD DCLR-004, 2001 - Polhymnia Female Vocal Ensemble, Saskia Filippini (vl.), Liliane Jaques-Lovo (fl.), Maria-Elena Certejan (cimb.), Rachel Székely (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Based on a Hungarian folk text