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

Three Poems after R.M. Rilke´s "Das Marienleben"


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Három vers R.M. Rilke "Das Marienleben"-jéből
Foreign language / English title
Three Poems after R.M. Rilke´s "Das Marienleben"
Subtitle
For soprano solo, mixed choir and orchestra
Year of composition
1928

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S. solo - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - orch.
Duration
22 min

Movements, parts
1. Geburt Mariae (Andante)
2. Pieta (Andante poco sostenuto)
3. Vom Tode Mariae (Andante mosso)

Text
RILKE, Rainer Maria
Language
German
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
CD – MUSICA 790025-2, 1996 - Magdaléna Hajóssyová (S.), Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak Philharmonic, Ľudovít Rajter (cond.)