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

Julia Lieder / Julia Songs


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Júlia énekek
Foreign language / English title
Julia Lieder / Julia Songs
Subtitle
Lyrical chamber cantata in 7 movements for tenor solo, mixed choir, 2 flutes, harp and harpsichord
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s)
Instrumentation
T. solo - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 2 fl. - arpa., cemb.
Duration
27 min

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

Text
BALASSI, Bálint
Language
Hungarian / German
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1960, Z. 2962 and S-17
Available here!
Recordings
Qualiton‎ LPX-11371, 1968 - József Réti (T.), Choir Of The Hungarian Radio And Television, Chamber Ensemble of the Hungarian State Orchestra, Zoltán Vásárhelyi (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poems "Nine Turkish poems on Julia" by Bálint Balassi