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

Minstrel Song


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Regős ének
Foreign language / English title
Minstrel Song
Subtitle
For mixed choir
Dedication
to the Alma Mater Choir of the Liszt Academy of Music, for the "Kodály 137" Birthday Anniversary Concert
Year of composition
2019

Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B)
Duration
7 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
JÓZSEF, Attila; Folk text(s); Folk song(s)
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
16 December 2019, "Kodály 137" Birthday Anniversary Concert, Grand Hall, Music Academy, Budapest; Alma Mater Choir, Csaba Somos (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Video recording, 2020 - Hungarian Radio Choir, István Márkus (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Based on parts of Attila József´s poem "Regős ének" as well as some collection of south-hungarian christmas storytelling