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

Four Early Songs


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Four Early Songs / Négy korai ének
Foreign language / English title
Four Early Songs
Subtitle
For high voice and piano
Year of composition
1949

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
S., pf.
Duration
15 min

Movements, parts
1. Meeting at night (Browning)
2. Cradle song (Blake)
3. Solfeggio (Without text)
4. Piping down the valleys wild (Blake)

Text
BLAKE, William; BROWNING, Robert
Language
English
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Amarantha Records AR 011-2, 2002 - Andrea Catzel (S.), Thomas Rajna (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1948 - 1949

Based on the poems by William Blake and Robert Browning