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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

Patapan

Composer
Seiber Mátyás
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