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

Patapan


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Patapan
Foreign language / English title
Patapan
Subtitle
Burgundian Christmas Carol - For children´s choir and small orchestra
Year of composition
1960

Type
Choir and chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
children´s choir (S-S-A-A) - 3 rec. (or fl., or picc.) - 2 tr. (or 2 cl.) - perc.
Duration
2 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
traditional folk chant(s)
Language
English
Premiere information
1960, London;
Publisher / Source
Oxford University Press, London © 1961
Available here!
Remarks, other info
English translation by Percy Dreamer