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

Drinking Etude


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Drinking Etude
Foreign language / English title
Drinking Etude
Subtitle
For reciter, melodeon and 16-part string orchestra
Dedication
to the Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra
Year of composition
2026

Type
Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra
Number of players
17
Instrumentation
reciter (anche melodeon) - strings: 16 esec.)
Movements, parts
One movement

Text
STEPHEN, J.K.
Language
English
Premiere information
6 November 2026, Dunabogdány Cultural Center, Dunabogdány, Hungary; Máté Balogh (reciter, melodeon), Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra, László Tihanyi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem "Drinking Song" by James Kenneth Stephen