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

Sechs Gesänge / Six Chants


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Sechs Gesänge / Hat ének
Foreign language / English title
Sechs Gesänge / Six Chants
Subtitle
For voice and piano
Dedication
"Frau Fanny von Mihalovich geboren Gräfin Schaffgotsch gewidmet"
Year of composition
1874

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
voice, pf.
Duration
13 min

Movements, parts
1. Neue Liebe
2. Stumme Liebe
3. Nächtliche Wanderung
4. Himmelstrauer
5. Schwüle Nächte
6. Nachtlied

Text
LENAU, Nikolas; GEIBEL, Emanuel; EICHENDORFF, Joseph von
Language
German
Publisher / Source
Rózsavölgyi & Co., Budapest 1874
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32043, 2001 - Andrea Meláth (Ms.), Emese Virág (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Based on poems by Lenau, Geibel and Eichendorff