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

Jubilee Overture


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Jubileumi nyitány
Foreign language / English title
Jubilee Overture
Subtitle
For symphony orchestra
Dedication
For the 700th anniversary of the City of Győr, Hungary
Year of composition
1971

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl., (II anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba (ad lib.) - 2 timp., perc. (3 esec.: 4 tim-tom, tmb.picc.c.c., gr.c., ptti., wood bl., trg., camp.) - strings: 10 vl. 1, 10 vl. 2, 8 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb.
Duration
13 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Premiere information
17 June 1971, Győr, Hungary; Győr Philharmonic Orchestra, János Sándor (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, K-31 (On rental)
Available here!
Recordings
Available at www.artisjus.hu/szerzoi_oldalak/keurlerjeno/ (Version for synthetic orchestra)
Remarks, other info
Originally written for symphony orchestra, later the composer changed it to synthetic orchestra