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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.

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Title of the work

Der Turm / The Tower

Composer
Darvas Gábor
Original / Hungarian title
Der Turm / A torony
Foreign language / English title
Der Turm / The Tower
Subtitle
For soprano and bass soli, mixed choir and orchestra
Year of composition
1967
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., B. - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 2 timp., perc. (1 esec. - campli., xylorimba, camp., frusta, 6 ptti.sosp., 3 tom-tom, gr.c., tam-tam
Duration
12 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
biblical
Language
Latin / Hungarian
Publisher / Source
MS (János Darvas, Cologne 1992)
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Remarks, other info
Text based on Genesis I.11

Revised: 1983

Hungarian translation for the revised version by Gáspár Károli