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Title of the work

Die Fuge der Kunst

Composer
Horváth Balázs
Original / Hungarian title
Die Fuge der Kunst
Foreign language / English title
Die Fuge der Kunst
Subtitle
For orchestra
Dedication
hommage á Andrea SZIGETVÁRI & Jackson POLLOCK (No. 1)
hommage á Péter TORNYAI & Anton WEBERN (No. 2)
hommage á Zoltán JENEY & John CAGE (No. 3)
hommage á Máté BALOGH & Louis ANDRIESSEN (No. 4)
hommage á Gergely VAJDA & Charles E. IVES (No. 5)
Year of composition
2020
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - 4 perc. - arpa - strings: 12 vl. 1, 10 vl. 2, 8 vla., 8 vlc., cb.
Duration
27 min
Movements, parts
1. CP V - pointillist, freeze, granular, loop
2. CP XI - "one" note only
3. CP X - snapshot
4. CP X+IX+XIII, XII - rhythm
5. CP IXIIXVVIXIIXVVIXVIVIXIIIVIIXIIXVXIIIVVIXVIVXIIIVXVIVIXIIXVI VIXIIIVXVVIIXV+XV - collage
Commissioned by
Danubia Orchestra
Premiere information
30 January 2022, "Kunst/der/Fuge", Great Hall, Academy of Music, Budapest; Danubia Orchestra, Benjamin Bayl (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 2020, H-75 (Orchestral material on hire)
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Remarks, other info
Based on "Die Kunst der Fuge" by J.S. Bach