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Title of the work

Two Songs on Old Chinese Poems - For Mezzosoprano Voice and Piano

Composer
Szabó Csaba
Original / Hungarian title
Két dal régi kínai versekre - Mezzoszoprán hangra és zongorára
Foreign language / English title
Two Songs on Old Chinese Poems - For Mezzosoprano 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
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Remarks, other info
Based on the chinese "Book of Songs"

Hungarian translation by Zoltán Franyó