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The Hammer of the Village (Zengemény on lyrics by Sándor Petőfi)

Composer
Horváth Balázs
Original / Hungarian title
A helység kalapácsa (Zengemény Petőfi Sándor szövegére)
Foreign language / English title
The Hammer of the Village (Zengemény on lyrics by Sándor Petőfi)
Subtitle
For singers, actors and chamber orchestra
Year of composition
2022
Type
Stage work
Instrumentation
voice soli - actors - fl., cl., sax.s. (anche sax.t.) - cor., tr., trb. - perc. (1 esec.) - pf. - strings: 3 vl., 2 vla., 2 vlc., cb.
Duration
85 min
Text
PETŐFI, Sándor
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Csaba Horváth and the Forte Company
Premiere information
22 January 2023, ECC Veszprém, Hangvilla, Veszprém, Hungary; Forte Company, Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra, Balázs Horváth (cond.), Csaba Horváth (stage dir.)
Publisher / Source
MS - copyright by the author
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Remarks, other info
Duration: 85-90 min.