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

Five Canons


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Öt kánon
Foreign language / English title
Five Canons
Subtitle
On poems by Dezső Keresztúry, for mixed choir a cappella
Dedication
to Marika and Dezső
Year of composition
1970

Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B)
Duration
12 min

Movements, parts
1. Vénasszonyok nyara / Indian summer
2. Vígasztaló / Comforter
3. Száll a madár / Flying bird
4. Tavasszal / Springtime
5. Könnyű szívvel / Light hearted

Text
KERESZTÚRY, Dezső
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1976, Budapest; Szilágyi Erzsébet Female Choir, Maria Katanics (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1975, Z. 7493
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