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Three Songs

Composer
Balogh Máté
Original / Hungarian title
Three Songs
Foreign language / English title
Three Songs
Subtitle
For viola solo
Dedication
to Péter Bársony
Year of composition
2015
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
vla. (or vlc.)
Duration
6 min
Movements, parts
1. (pseudo-tibetan)
2. (psaudo-armenian)
3. (psuedo-navajo-indian)
Premiere information
9 December 2015, 18th Concert-Cycle of New Hungarian Compositions, Fészek Artists´ Club, Budapest; Péter Bársony (vla.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Available here!
Recordings
Recording of the premiere, 2015 - Péter Bársony (vla.) (Available on soundcloud.com)
Remarks, other info
"Three Songs, completed in 2015, is based on the sound of folk music from three non-European peoples, but it does not evoke original folk melodies. Translating them into the composer’s own musical language, the first piece imitates the overtone-based singing of Tibetan Buddhist monks, the second the quarter-tones of Armenian folk melodies, and the third the motif-repetition technique of the Navajo Indians." (Editio Musica Budapest)