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Danaiderna / The Danaids

Composer
Deák Csaba
Original / Hungarian title
Danaiderna / A Danaidák
Foreign language / English title
Danaiderna / The Danaids
Subtitle
For mixed choir a capella and reciter
Year of composition
1964
Type
Choir with solo voice(s)
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-MS-A-T-B) - reciter (dark bariton voice)
Duration
12 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
BABITS, Mihály
Language
Swedish
Commissioned by
Sveriges Radio
Premiere information
18 March 1966, Stockholm; Radiokören, Ingvar Kjellson (reciter), Eric Ericson (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Swedish Music Information Centre, 125607
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Recordings
Svergies Radio, Recording of the premiere, 1966 - Radiokören, Ingvar Kjellson (reciter), Eric Ericson (cond.)
Remarks, other info
After the poem by Mihály Babits

Swedish translation by Cálmán de Pándy