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 Love Songs


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Négy szerelmes dal
Foreign language / English title
Four Love Songs
Subtitle
For mezzo-soprano and string quartet
Year of composition
1960

Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
5
Instrumentation
Ms. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc.
Movements, parts
1. Vallomás a szerelemről
2. Szerelem?
3. Tavalyi szerelem
4. Ilona

Text
ADY Endre; JUHÁSZ, Gyula; , DSIDA, Jenő; KOSZTOLÁNYI, Dezső
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Klió Kemény
Premiere information
21 March 1971, Hungarian Program, Romanian TV; Magda Kásler Barabás (Ms.), Márkos Quartet
Publisher / Source
Editura Arpeggione © 2006
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Remarks, other info
Based on poems by Endre Ady, Gyula Juhász, Jenő Dsida and Dezső Kosztolányi