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

death march


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
death march
Foreign language / English title
death march
Subtitle
For voice and chamber ensemble
Dedication
In Memoriam Alice Herz-Sommer

for the Ensamble Prague Modern and Irena Troupova
Year of composition
2014

Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
10
Instrumentation
voice - fl., cl. - cor., trb. - pf. - strings: vl., vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
20 min

Movements, parts
I - II - III - IV

Text
RADNÓTI, Miklós
Language
English
Commissioned by
Ernst-von-Siemens Musikstiftung
Premiere information
5 May 2014, Festival "Prague Modern", New Hall of Conservatory of Music, Prague; Irena Troupova (voice), Ensemble Prague Modern
Publisher / Source
Edition Juliane Klein © 2014, EJK0716
Available here!
Remarks, other info
Based on the poems by Miklós Radnóti