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

New Songs, Op. 59


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Új dalok, Op. 59
Foreign language / English title
New Songs, Op. 59
Year of composition
1975

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

Movements, parts
1. Virágot tűzök / I stick pin a flower
2. Szeretném, ha volnál / I wish ythat ou would exist
3. Találkozás / Recontre
4. Hullanak a holnapok / Falling tomorrows
5. Szelíd esti imádság / Gentle evening prayer
6. Az ősz muzsikája / The music of Autumn

Text
MAGYAR, Mikós; VAÁD, Ferenc; HORUSITZKY, ZOltán; ENDRE, Ady;
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
20 May 1966, Music Room, National Philharmony, Budapest; Éva Forgách (S.), Zoltán Horusitzky (pf.) (Mov. I, II)

23 April 1986, Kodály Room, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest; Tünde Nyilas (S.), Tamás Salgó (pf.)
Publisher / Source
FZH (Horusitzkys Edition) Réf. 9811
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32263, 2005 - Jutta Bokor (S.), Tamás Salgó (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1927 - 1975

Revised: 1975 (Mov. IV, V), 1985 (Mov. VI),

Based on the texts by Miklós Magyar, Ferenc Vaád, Zoltán Horusitzky and Endre Ady