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

Symphony No. 7 - On the Poem by Dezső Kosztolányi


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
VII. szimfónia - Kosztolányi Dezső versére
Foreign language / English title
Symphony No. 7 - On the Poem by Dezső Kosztolányi
Year of composition
1997

Type
Solo voice(s) with orchestra
Instrumentation
S., A. - pf. - symphony orchestra
Duration
37 min

Movements, parts
1. Introduzione
2. Ritornello 1
3. Sentenza 1
4. Riflesso 1
5. Ritornello 2
6. Sentenza 2
7. Ritornello 3
8. Riflesso 2
9. Ritornello 4
10. Sentenza 3
11. Riflesso 3
12. Ritornello 5
13. Epilogo

Text
KOSZTOLÁNYI, Dezső
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 32357, 2005 - Anna Herczenik (S.), Tamara Takács (A.), Ilona Prunyi (pf.), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, László Tihanyi (cond.) Felvétel: MR 1998
1 min. sample
1 1. Introduzione
2 2. Ritornello 1
3 3. Sentenza 1
4 4. Riflesso 1
5 5. Ritornello 2
6 6. Sentenza 2
7 7. Ritornello 3
8 8. Riflesso 2
9 9. Ritornello 4
10 10. Sentenza 3
11 11. Riflesso 3
12 12. Ritornello 5
13 13. Epilogo
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1995 - 1997

Based on Dezső Kosztolányi´s poem with the opening words "As someone who has fallen among the rails"