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

Five Csokonai-Songs


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Öt Csokonai-dal
Foreign language / English title
Five Csokonai-Songs
Subtitle
For mezzosoprano and chamber orchestra
Year of composition
1955

Type
Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
Ms. - chamber orchestra
Movements, parts
1. Első szerelemérzés
2. A magánossághoz
3. A rózsabimbóhoz
4. Tartózkodó kérelem
5. Az estvéhez

Text
CSOKONAI, Vitéz Mihály
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1956, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Judit Sándor (S.), Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Frigyes Hidas (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1956
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Recordings
Hungarian Radio, 1956 - Judit Sándor (S.), Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Frigyes Hidas (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1949-1955

Based on the poems by Mihály Csokonai Vitéz