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Title of the work

Seventh

Composer
Tornyai Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Hetedik
Foreign language / English title
Seventh
Subtitle
To the memory of Balázs Galkó - For string quartet
Dedication
to the Korossy Quartet
Year of composition
2025
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc. (anche reciter)
Duration
13 min
Movements, parts
1. Előszó/ Preface
2. Sinfonia
3. Verse 1 "E világon..."
4. Verse 2 "Ellenség ha..."
5. Verse 3 "Szerető után ha..."
6. Verse 4 "Ha költenél..."
7. Verse 5 "S ha mindez volt..."
Text
JÓZSEF, Attila
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
the Béla Bartók Memorial House for the 80th Death Anniversary of Béla Bartók
Premiere information
26 September 2025, Memorial Concert on the 80th Death Anniversary of Béla Bartók, Béla Bartók Memorial House, Budapest; Korossy Quartet: Csongor Korossy-Khayll, Éva Osztrosits (vl.), András Kurgyis (vla.), Gergely Devich (vlc., reciter)
Publisher / Source
MS
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Remarks, other info
The work uses the poem "The Seventh" (A hetedik) by Attila József and also a newspaper article on Béla Bartók´s Violin Quartet No. 7, from the Hungarian "Esti Újság" (Evening News), Page 6., published on the 21th September 1943. The source of the latter was provided to the composer by violist Péter Bársony.
Both texts must be recited by the cellist. (If this is not feasible, the text may be performed by an additional reciter, who in this case will be seated next to the quartet.)