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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.

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Title of the work

We Want Peace!

Composer
Szíjjártó Jenő
Original / Hungarian title
Békét akarunk!
Foreign language / English title
We Want Peace!
Subtitle
For children´s choir or mixed choir, on the poem by Sándor Weöres
Year of composition
1960
Type
Choir a cappella
Instrumentation
children´s choir (3-part) or mixed choir (S-A-T-B)
Duration
4 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
WEÖRES, Sándor
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1961, First Hungarian National Choir Festival; Joint Choir of Members of the Festival, Jenő Szíjjártó (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Hungarian Cultural Institute in Slovakia © 2007
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Recordings
Slovakian Radio - Slovakian Philharmonic Choir, Jenő Szíjjártó (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1960 (Version for mixed choir in 1961)