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Dictum - For Male Choir and Orchestra

Composer
Egressy Béni
Original / Hungarian title
Szózat - Férfikarra és zenekarra
Foreign language / English title
Dictum - For Male Choir and Orchestra
Year of composition
1843
Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
male choir, orchestra
Duration
2 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
VÖRÖSMARTY, Mihály
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
10 May 1843, National Theater, Budapest; Orchestra and Choir of the National Theater
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 19133, 1994 - János Ferencsik (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem by Mihály Vörösmarty

Written for the National Theater´s competition in 1843