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Upon the City´s Outskits

Composer
Tardos Béla
Original / Hungarian title
A város peremén
Foreign language / English title
Upon the City´s Outskits
Subtitle
Cantata on the poem by Attila József - For bartion solo, mixed choir and orchestra
Year of composition
1943
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
Bar. - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 3 fl. (anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (III anche cl.b.), 3 fg. (III anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (ptti., gr.c., tmb.picc., tam-tam, gong, xil.) - arpa, pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
24 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
JÓZSEF, Attila
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
Zeneműkiadó Vállalat Budapest, 1964, Z. 4208
Available here!
Recordings
Qualiton LPX-1139, 1962 - György Melis (Bar.), Choir of the Hungarian Radio and Televison, Hungarian State Concert Orchestra, Miklós Erdélyi (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Second version, composed: 1958 (First version lost)