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

"The Four Corners of My Handkerchief"


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
"Zsebkendőm négy sarka"
Foreign language / English title
"The Four Corners of My Handkerchief"
Subtitle
Three folk songs for equal voices with orchestral accompaniment
Year of composition
1939

Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
voice - orchestra
Duration
4 min

Movements, parts
I - II - III

Text
Folk song(s)
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1 June 1949, Hungarian Radio, Budapest
Publisher / Source
MS