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

Incantations


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Incantations
Foreign language / English title
Incantations
Subtitle
For mezzo-soprano and piano
Year of composition
1964

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

Text
AUDEN, Wystan Hugh
Language
English
Premiere information
1964, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Valorie Lamoree (S.), Carl Berkey (Pf.)
Publisher / Source
Israel Music Institute 1964, IMI 107
Available here!
Recordings
Lee Dougherty (S.) (Available on yehudayannay.com)
Remarks, other info
After the text by W.H. Auden