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.

Title of the work

Cause Célèbre


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Cause Célèbre
Foreign language / English title
Cause Célèbre
Subtitle
Opera in two acts and an interlude
Year of composition
1991

Type
Opera
Instrumentation
3 male voice - 4 female voice - mixed choir (S-S-A-A-T-T-B-B) - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl., 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - arpa, pf., cel., cemb. - 3 timp., perc. (3 esec.: guiro, claves, bongo, vibr., tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.mlt., campli., doorbell, xil., ptti., camp., gr.c., dobaci, tam-tam, bongo, frusta, wood bl., ptp., telephone, tambourine) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
90 min

Text
SANDER, Peter; BARLAY, Stephen
Language
English
Publisher / Source
Remarks, other info
Libretto by Peter Sander and Stephen Barlay

Composed as part of a PhD, completed in 1991