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

The Tower Floating in Mid-Air


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
The Tower Floating in Mid-Air / A lebegő torony
Foreign language / English title
The Tower Floating in Mid-Air
Subtitle
Twelve Mishnayot fot baritone, boy alto, men´s choir, boys´ or girls´ choir and symphony orchestra
Year of composition
1972

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
Bar., boy A. solo - male choir, boys´ or girls´ choir - 2 fl. (II anche fl.a.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), sax.a., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., trb., trb.b. - perc. (2 esec.: xil., trg., pti., batt.) - arpa, pf., cel. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Movements, parts
1. Con moto, senza misura
2. Pesante, quasi danca
3. Andante moderato
4. Senza misura, Allegro
5. Allegro con moto
6. Andantino
7. Andante con moto
8. Leggiero e mesto
9. Molto moderato
10. Giusto, moderato, quasi lento
11. Molto commodo, poco rubato
12. Allegretto vivo

Text
talmudic
Language
Hebrew
Publisher / Source
Israel Music Institute © 1979, IMI 6173
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