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Cantata Secularis

Composer
Seiber Mátyás
Original / Hungarian title
Cantata Secularis
Foreign language / English title
Cantata Secularis
Subtitle
The Four Seasons - For mixed choir and orchestra
Year of composition
1951
Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 2 fl. (2 anche picc.), 2 ob., (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.) 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (campli., metallophone, tmb.picc.c.c., gr.c., tom-tom, ptti., tambourine, trg., camp., maracas, vibr., xil.) - arpa, pf. (cel.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
19 min
Movements, parts
1. Ver / Spring
2. Aestas / Summer
3. Autumnus / Autumn
4. Hiems / Winter
Text
VERGILIUS
Language
Latin
Premiere information
1953, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt/Main
Publisher / Source
Edition Schott & Co. Ltd., ED 10714
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Remarks, other info
Based on "Seasons" by Virgilius

Composed: 1949 - 1951