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 Traditional African Lyrics


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Four Traditional African Lyrics / Négy tradicionális afrikai dalszöveg
Foreign language / English title
Four Traditional African Lyrics
Subtitle
For high voice and piano
Year of composition
1975

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

Movements, parts
1. The sorrow of Kodio
2. Idyll
3. Serenade
4. Cuckold contented

Text
Folk text(s)
Language
English
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
English adaptations by Leon Damas and Miriam Koshland