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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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Kineret

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Kineret
Foreign language / English title
Kineret
Subtitle
For mezzo soprano voice and piano
Year of composition
1941
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
Ms., pf.
Duration
2 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
BLUWSTEIN, Rachel
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
Ararat Edition Budapest, 1942 (Published in the Yearbook "Ararat" with the title "The Songs of Ararat")
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31811, 1999 - Júlia Fűzfa (Ms.), Csaba Király (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Composed for and prize-winner at the song-writing competition of the publishing company Edition Ararat

Based on the poem by Rachel Bluwstein

Hungarian translation by György Ligeti