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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Title of the work

The Hammer of the Village

Composer

Tóth Péter

Original / Hungarian title

A helység kalapácsa

Foreign language / English title

The Hammer of the Village

Subtitle

Concert choir-opera after Sándor Petőfi

Year of composition

2009

Type

Choir and orchestra

Instrumentation

mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (campli, camp., tam-tam, trg., 2 ptti., ptto.sosp., tmb.picc.c.c., gr.c., tom-tom, guiro, trg., wood bl., frusta) - arpa, cemb. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.

Text

PETŐFI, Sándor

Language

Hungarian

Commissioned by

Debrecen Philharmonic Orchestra and Kodály Choir

Premiere information

17 January 2010, MÜPA - Palace of Arts, Budapest; Debrecen Philhamonic Orchestra, Kodály Choir, Balázs Kocsár (cond.)

Publisher / Source

Kontrapunkt Music Ltd. © 2009, K-0029
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Recordings

Hungaroton HCD-32676, 2010 - Debrecen Philhamonic Orchestra, Kodály Choir, Balázs Kocsár (cond.)