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Title of the work

Two Shakespeare Songs

Composer
Vajda János
Original / Hungarian title
Két Shakespeare–dal
Foreign language / English title
Two Shakespeare Songs
Subtitle
For female choir
Year of composition
1999
Type
Female choir
Instrumentation
female choir (S-Ms-A)
Duration
4 min
Movements, parts
1. Mondd meg honnan jő a vágy? / Tell me, where is fancy bred?
2. Scherzo - Ha százszor-szép és szarkaláb / SCherzo - When daisies pied an violets blue
Text
SHAKESPEARE, William
Language
Hungarian / English
Publisher / Source
Porfiri & Horváth Publishers (former Edition Music Contact), PHP 302599
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Remarks, other info
Based on William Shakespeare´s texts from The Merchant of Venice (Act III, 2.)

Hungarian translations by István Vas and Dezső Mészöly