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Three Poems in Music

Composer
Polgár Tibor
Original / Hungarian title
Three Poems in Music
Foreign language / English title
Three Poems in Music
Subtitle
For symphony orchestra
Year of composition
1977
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl., 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. - pf., cel. - strings
Duration
15 min
Movements, parts
1. Óda a magyar nyelvhez / Ode to the Hungarian language
2. Német zsoldosdal / Song of the German mercenaries
3. Zsuzsának a tömlöcből / To Suzanne, from prison
Publisher / Source
Unpublished, printed by Canadian Music Centre
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Remarks, other info
Inspired by three poems under the same titles, written by György Faludy