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

Chamber Cantata


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Kamarakantáta
Foreign language / English title
Chamber Cantata
Subtitle
To poems by Attila Jósef
Year of composition
1962

Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
5
Instrumentation
S. - cl., vlc., pf., perc.
Duration
10 min

Movements, parts
1. Miben hisztek... / In whom do you believe...
2. Kopogtatás nélkül... / Without knocking...

Text
JÓZSEF, Attila
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
3 December 1962, Chamber Hall, Filharmónia Hungary, Budapest; Erika Sziklai (S.), Béla Kovács (cl.), Árpád Szász (vlc.), László Almássy (pf.), Ferenc Petz (perc.), Tamás Hraskó (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 4533
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Recordings
Hungaroton LPX-11523, 1971 - Erika Sziklai (S.), Tibor Dittrich (cl.), Árpád Szász (vlc.), Ádám Fellegi (pf.), Ferenc Petz (perc.), János Sándor (cond.)