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Two Songs from Goethe´s Faust

Composer
Seiber Mátyás
Original / Hungarian title
Two Songs from Goethe´s Faust
Foreign language / English title
Two Songs from Goethe´s Faust
Subtitle
For soprano voice and piano (or harp)
Year of composition
1949
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
S., pf. (or arpa)
Duration
4 min
Movements, parts
1. There was a King in Thule
2. My peace is gone
Text
GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang
Language
English
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
English translation by Louis MacNeice

Slighlity edited songs from Seiber´s own radio-music: Faust