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Eisblumen / Frost Flowers

Composer
Tamás János
Original / Hungarian title
Eisblumen / Jégvirágok
Foreign language / English title
Eisblumen / Frost Flowers
Subtitle
14 Miniaturen für Klavier / 14 miniatures for piano
Year of composition
1977
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
20 min
Movements, parts
1. Elegie / Elegy
2. Meditation
3. Frage / Question
4. Wiegenlied / Lullaby
5. Nachtsinnen / Nocturnal reflections
6. Nebel / Fog
7. Klirrklang / Jangling
8. Fortgang / Debarture
9. Einsam / Solitude
10. Dämmereung / Dusk
11. Zwielicht / Twilight
12. Ahnung / Foreboding
13. Abend / Evening
14. Eisblumen / Frost flowers
Premiere information
1978, Swiss Youth Music Competition, Switzerland
Publisher / Source
Hug & Co. Musikverlag GH 11223
Available here!
Recordings
OEHMS-Classics OC-750, 2010 - Tomas Dratve (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Compulsory piece at the Swiss Youth Music Competition in 1978