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

Ein Gev


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Ein Gev
Foreign language / English title
Ein Gev
Subtitle
Symphonic fantasy
Year of composition
1952

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., cl.b., 3 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (trg., tmb.picc.) - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Movements, parts
One movement

Premiere information
11 October 1953, "Conquest of the Desert", International Convention Center, Jerusalem; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Israel Music Institute 1977, I.M.I. 6104
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Remarks, other info
Composed: 1951 - 1952

Winner of the 1954 "The State of Israel" Prize and the "Unesco Prize" in 1962