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

Four Madrigals on the Poems by Sándor Petőfi, Op. 40


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Négy madrigál Petőfi Sándor verseire, Op. 40
Foreign language / English title
Four Madrigals on the Poems by Sándor Petőfi, Op. 40
Year of composition
1963

Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B)
Movements, parts
1. Dacos lány / Obstinate girl
2. Fenséges éj / Radiant night
3. Hatalmas fergeteg / Powerful storm
4. Te a tavaszt szereted / You love the spring

Text
PETŐFI, Sándor
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
20 May 1966, Music Room, Hungarian National Philharmony, Budapest; Cecília Vajda (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 7321