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Title of the work

Three Songs of Death

Composer
Anhalt István
Original / Hungarian title
Three Songs of Death
Foreign language / English title
Three Songs of Death
Dedication
"To Helénke and my Grandfather"
Year of composition
1954
Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B)
Duration
14 min
Movements, parts
1. Song (Sir William Davenant)
2. The bell-man (Robert Herrick)
3. The white island: or place of the blest (Robert Herrick)
Text
HERRICK, Robert; DAVENANT, William
Language
English
Publisher / Source
Canadian Music Centre, MV 6000 A596th
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Remarks, other info
Based on texts from poems by Robert Herrick and William D´Avenan