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

5 Portraits of Villon


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
5 Villon-portré
Foreign language / English title
5 Portraits of Villon
Subtitle
Song cycle
Dedication
"A la mémoire de my femme, Éva Puteani"
Year of composition
1981

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
voice, pf.
Movements, parts
1. Levél a börtönből / Epistre
2. Ballada / Ballade
3. Nászének / Ballade
4. Ballada / Ballade
5. Imádság / Rondel

Text
VILLON, François
Language
Hungarian / French
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest 1981, Z. 8885
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Remarks, other info
Based on poems by François Villon

Hungarian translations by Lőrinc Szabó, Gyula Illyés and Dezső Mészöly