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

Four Very Short Victorian Poems


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Four Very Short Victorian Poems
Foreign language / English title
Four Very Short Victorian Poems
Subtitle
For mezzo soprano and alto saxophone
Dedication
to Megan Ihnen and Alan Theisen (MIATp)
Year of composition
2019

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
Ms., sax.a.
Duration
5 min

Movements, parts
1. Robert Browning: "Rhyme for a Child Viewing a Naked Venus in a Painting of the Judgement of Paris"
2. Alfred Tennyson: "The Eagle"
3. Georg MacDonald: "The Shortest and Sweetest of Songs"
4. Lewis Carroll: "How Doth the little Crocodile"

Text
BROWNING, Robert; TENNYSON, Lord Alfred; MacDONALD, George; CARROLL, Lewis
Language
English
Premiere information
10 January 2020, United States Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, Harris Theatre, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA; MIATp: Megan Ihnen (Ms.), Alan Theisen (sax.a.)
Publisher / Source
Swedish Music Information Centre, 153243
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Remarks, other info
Based on the poems by R. Browning, A. Tennyson, G. MacDonald and L. Carroll