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

The Basement of Memory - Cantata on Poems by Anna Akhmatova


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Az emlékezet alagsora - Kantáta Anna Ahmatova verseire
Foreign language / English title
The Basement of Memory - Cantata on Poems by Anna Akhmatova
Subtitle
For Soprano Voice and Chamber Orchestra
Year of composition
1990

Type
Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
S. - fl. (anche picc.), ob., cl. - cor. - arpa - strings: 9 vl., 3 vl., 3 vlc., cb.
Duration
15 min

Movements, parts
1. Adagio
2. Allegro risoluto
3. Tempestoso
4. Allegretto ma non troppo

Text
AKHMATOVA, Anna
Language
Russian
Publisher / Source
MS