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

Love Songs


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Szerelmi dalok
Foreign language / English title
Love Songs
Subtitle
5 songs for voice and piano
Year of composition
1958

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
voice., pf.
Duration
12 min

Movements, parts
1. Hívó / Caller (József Bajza)
2. Este / Evening (Theodor Storm)
3. Ha azt mondják / If they say so (Pernette du Guillet)
4. Laurához / To Laura (Mihály Vörösmarty)
5. Szeretlek / I Love You (Lőrincz Szabó)

Text
BAJZA, József; STORM, Theodor; GUILLET, Pernette du; VÖRÖSMARTY, Mihály; SZABÓ, Lőrinc
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1960, Hungarian Radio
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1957 - 1958

Based on poems by József Bajza, Theodor Strom, Pernette du Guillet, Mihály Vörösmarty, Lőrincz Szabó

Hungarian translations by István Vas and György Rónay