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

Hawk Alarm


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Héjariasztó
Foreign language / English title
Hawk Alarm
Dedication
To Katalin Weiser and the Choir of the Júlia Bányai Elementary School in Debrecen, Hungary
Year of composition
1980

Type
Children's choir
Instrumentation
children´s choir (2 part)
Duration
5 min

Movements, parts
1.Altató / Lullaby
2.Gólyaköszöntő / Greeting the stork
3.Harangoló / Bells
4.Héjariasztó / Hawk alarm
5.Láblógató / Foot-hanger
6.Nyelvtörő / Tongue-twister
7.Orroló / Upbraid

Text
Folk text(s)
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
City of Debrecen
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest 1980, Z. 8979
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31187, 1998 - Hungarian Radio and Television Children´s Choir, Rezső Lantos (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Based on folk rhymes from Hajdú-Bihar County, Hungary