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

Cento (Cantata Urbana)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Cento (Cantata Urbana)
Foreign language / English title
Cento (Cantata Urbana)
Subtitle
For mixed choir and tape
Year of composition
1967

Type
Live and tape music
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - tape
Duration
12 min

Movements, parts
I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

Text
GRIER, Eldon
Language
English
Publisher / Source
Canadian Music Centre, MV 6800 A596ce
Available here!
Recordings
CBC Records CD 988, 2005
Remarks, other info
Text consists of parts of the poem "An Ecstasy" by Eldon Grier