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

The Saga of Grettir the Strong


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
The Saga of Grettir the Strong
Foreign language / English title
The Saga of Grettir the Strong
Year of composition
1947

Type
Music for radio drama
Instrumentation
B. solo - orchestra
Duration
75 min

Premiere information
1947, BBC Radio, London
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
An adaption of the Icelandic saga, Text by Louis Macneice