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Title of the work

Cold are the Crabs

Composer
Matkó Tamás
Original / Hungarian title
Hűvös homárok messzi hegyekre hágnak
Foreign language / English title
Cold are the Crabs
Subtitle
For voice, bass clarinet, viola and electronics
Year of composition
2011
Type
Live and prerecorded music
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
voice - cl., vla. - electronics
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
LEAR, Edward
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
4 February 2012, Bartók Hall, MTA Institute of Musicology, Budapest; Judit Szathmári (voice), Péter Szűcs (cl.), Péter Tornyai (vla.), Tamás Matkó (electronics)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem by Edward Lear

Hungarian translation by Attila Havasi