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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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Title of the work

Three Hungarian Folk Songs

Composer
Seiber Mátyás
Original / Hungarian title
Három magyar népdal
Foreign language / English title
Three Hungarian Folk Songs
Subtitle
For mixed choir (or female choir)
Year of composition
1931
Type
Choir a cappella
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B) )or female choir)
Duration
4 min
Movements, parts
1. The handsome butcher
2. Apple, apple
3. The old woman
Text
Folk song(s)
Language
English
Publisher / Source
J. Curwen & Sons Ltd., JC61461
Available here!
Recordings
SOMM Recordings, 2014 - Choir of the 21st Century, Howard Williams (cond.)
2014 - Kristin School Euphony Choir, David Squire (cond.)
Remarks, other info
English tranlsations by A.L. Lloyd