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

Songs


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Dalok
Foreign language / English title
Songs
Subtitle
5 songs for voice and piano
Dedication
to Margit Tessenyi (selections, excerpts / special edition for Manci / March 1918)
Year of composition
1917

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
voice, pf.
Movements, parts
1. Élettörténet
2. Szeretnélek megvédeni tőlem
3. Tüzes seb vagyok
4. Mutasd meg, Álom
5. Titkos az éj

Text
KOZMA, Andor; BALÁZS, Béla; ADY, Endre; GYŐNI, Géza
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
Typeset from the autograph manuscript by Tobias Broeker, 2025
Available here!
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1914 - 1917

Based on poems by Andor Kozma, Béla Balázs, Endre Ady and Géza Gyóni