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

Musica funebre


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Musica funebre
Foreign language / English title
Musica funebre
Subtitle
For orchestra
Year of composition
1969

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (III. anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 2 sax.a., 3 fg. (III anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
13 min

Movements, parts
1. Silenzio
2. Epitaffio
3. Double
4. Inno (In Forma Di Bar)
5. Esaltazione
6. Consolazione Nel Dolore Grande

Premiere information
23 September 1969, Odense, Denmark; Odense Byorchester, Tamás Vető (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest Z. 10108
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Recordings
Hungaroton LPX-11523, 1971 - Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Budapest Symphony Orchestra), Ervin Lukács (cond.)