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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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Houdini’s Ninth

Composer
Yannay Yehuda
Original / Hungarian title
Houdini´s Ninth / Houdini Kilencedikje
Foreign language / English title
Houdini’s Ninth
Subtitle
A theatre piece for a double bass and escape artist
Year of composition
1969
Type
Stage work
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
cb., escape artist
Duration
29 min
Movements, parts
1. Beethoven Birthday Party
2. Baking Beethoven
3. Pioneer Turntablist Fries Ludwig
4. Beethoven Decomposes
Premiere information
1970, Univerity of Illionis, Urbana, USA; Chris Byrne (cb.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Available here!
Recordings
Film, 1973 (Available on vimeo.com)