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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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Hero and Leander

Composer
Mihalovich Ödön
Original / Hungarian title
Hero és Leander
Foreign language / English title
Hero and Leander
Subtitle
Symphonic poem for grand orchestra
Dedication
to Mrs. Cosima Wagner-Liszt
Year of composition
1875
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - 2 timp., perc. (ptti.) - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
13 January 1878, Pesti Vigadó, Pest; Budapest Philharmonic Society Orchestra, János Richter (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Musikproduktion Hoeflich, SKU: 4057
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