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

Sakuntala Overture, Op. 13


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Sakuntala nyitány, Op. 13
Foreign language / English title
Sakuntala Overture, Op. 13
Subtitle
For symphony orchestra
Year of composition
1865

Type
Orchestral work
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - 3 timp. - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
17 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Premiere information
26 December 1865, Vienna

1 December 1867, National Theater, Budapest; Ferenc Erkel (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Rózsavölgyi, Budapest © 1870, Plate 41.

Edito Music Budapest © 1984, Z. 40059
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-12552, 1995 - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, András Kórodi (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Sakuntala Overture, Op. 13
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Goldmark, Károly: Overtures Hungaroton