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

Libera - For Mixed Choir and Orchestra


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Libera - Vegyeskarra és vonósokra
Foreign language / English title
Libera - For Mixed Choir and Orchestra
Year of composition
1870

Type
Choir and chamber ensemble
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - strings: vla. 1, vla. 2, vlc. 1, vlc. 2, cb.
Duration
5 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
liturgical
Language
Latin
Premiere information
10 June 1870, Mass at Reburial Ceremony of Count Batthyány, Franciscan Church, Pest; Ferenc Erkel (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Musica Budapest 1971, Z. 6251
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32009, 2001 - Liszt Ferenc Choir and Orchestra Amsterdam, Peter Scholz (cond.)