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Title of the work

Shakespeare Song Book, Op. 52

Composer
Petrovics Emil
Original / Hungarian title
Shakespeare daloskönyv, Op. 52
Foreign language / English title
Shakespeare Song Book, Op. 52
Subtitle
With poems from Shakespeare´s plays, for soprano and piano
Dedication
to Éva Bátori
Year of composition
2010
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
S., pf.
Movements, parts
1. Fűzfa-dal / Willow song
2. Garasos nóta / Fool´s ditty
3. Ophelia panasza / Ophelia´s lament
4. Kakaskodó szerelem / Chanticleer´s ditty
5. Csilingelő halál-harang / Ting-a-ling death knell
6. Téli búcsú / Wintry farewell
Text
SHAKESPEARE, William
Language
Hungarian / English
Premiere information
30 March 2011, Kogart-House, Budapest; Éva Bátori (S.), György Selmeczi (pf.)
Publisher / Source
Kontrapunkt Music Publishing © 2011, K-0074
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Remarks, other info
Emil Petrovics´s last composition

Based on poems from Othello, King Lear, Hamlet, The Tempest and A Winter´s Tale

Hungarian translations by Károly Szász, János Arany and Dezső Kosztolányi