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

St. Elizabeth of Hungary Hymn


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Szent Erzsébet himnusza
Foreign language / English title
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Hymn
Subtitle
For mixed choir, children´s choir and orchestra
Year of composition
2000

Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
mixed choir, children´s choir - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 3 tr., trb. - timp., perc. (tmb.picc., ptti., gr.c.) - arpa, pf., org. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
9 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
SZABÓ, Géza
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
November 2000, St. Stephen´s Basilica, Budapest
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Live recording, 2004 - Ventoscala Symphony Orchestra, Speranza Choir, Choir of Bárdos Lajos Elementary School, Ilona Meskó (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem by Géza Szabó