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

Cantata No. 1


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Kantáta No. 1
Foreign language / English title
Cantata No. 1
Subtitle
Symphonic variations for tenor (or soprano) voice, piano and orchestra
Dedication
In memoriam József Attila
Year of composition
1964

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
T. (or S.), pf.
Duration
15 min

Movements, parts
1. Lento ma non troppo poco rubato
2. Allegro moderato

Text
JÓZSEF, Attila
Language
Hungarian / Romanian
Premiere information
16 May 1968, Filarmonic de Stat din Cluj-Napoca

1977, Budapest; Katalin Szőkefalvy Nagy (S.), Magda Freimann (pf.)
Publisher / Source
Academia de Muzică „Gheorghe Dima” din Cluj-Napoca © 1971 (Lithography)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poems by Attila József

Romanian translation by Árpád Szász and Nicolae Pârvu