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

Two Songs on Old Chinese Poems


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Két dal régi kínai versekre
Foreign language / English title
Two Songs on Old Chinese Poems
Subtitle
For mezzo-soprano voice and piano
Year of composition
1957

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
Ms., pf.
Movements, parts
1. Zord vidék / Rugged countryside
2. Türelmetlen lány fohásza / Prayer of the Impatient Maiden

Text
Chinese poets
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1959, Marosvásárhely, Romania; Erzsébet Tóth (Ms.), Magda Hamza (pf.)

15 October 2011, Bartók Memorial House, Budapest; Tünde Szabóki (Ms.), Ágota Lénárt (pf.)
Publisher / Source
Cellissimo Bt. Ⓒ 2013 E.C. 111
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Remarks, other info
Based on the chinese "Book of Songs"

Hungarian translation by Zoltán Franyó