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

Cotton Picker Girls


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Gyapotszedő lányok
Foreign language / English title
Cotton Picker Girls
Subtitle
For unisono female choir and string orchestra
Year of composition
1953

Type
Choir and chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
female choir (unisono) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
4 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
SZŐNYI, Zoltán
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1953, Hungarian Radio, Budapest;
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Recording of the premiere, 1953
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem by Zoltán Szőnyi