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

Eight Serious Songs


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Nyolc komoly ének
Foreign language / English title
Eight Serious Songs
Subtitle
For low male voice with piano accompaniment
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
male voice - pf.
Movements, parts
1. Ernste Stunde
2. A magányossághoz
3. Francia fogoly
4. Florentin Prunier balladája
5. Ábrahám áldozása
6. Búcsúzás Kemenes-aljától
7. Az éj
8. Epilógus

Text
RILKE, Rainer Maria; CSOKONAI, Vitéz Mihály; PILINSZKY, János; DUHAMEL, Georges; WEÖRES, Sándor; BERZSENYI, Dániel; PETŐFI, Sándor; ARANY, János;
Language
Hungarian / German
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 1981, Z. 8371
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Remarks, other info
Based on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, Mihály Vitéz Csokonai, János Pilinszky, Georges Duhamel, Sándor Weöres, Dániel Berzsenyi, Sándor Petőfi and János Arany