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Cantata

Composer
Oláh Tibor
Original / Hungarian title
Cantata
Foreign language / English title
Cantata
Subtitle
FOr female choir, 2 flutes, percussion and strings
Year of composition
1956
Type
Choir and chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
female choir (S-Ms-A) - 2 fl. - perc. (2 esec. - I: tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.picc.s.c., 3 tom-tom, ptto.picc., ptto.sosp., 2 ptti.; II: gr.c., tam-tam, xil.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
15 min
Movements, parts
1. A katona levele / The soldier´s letter
2. Visznek a verekedésbe / They bring me to the fight
3. Virágzás / Blooming
Text
Folk text(s)
Language
Hungarian / Romanian
Premiere information
1957, Bucharest, Romania
Publisher / Source
Editura Muzicală, Bucureşti, 1960
Ed. Muzyka, Moscova 1964
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Remarks, other info
Based on Csango folk texts