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

Knick Knacks


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Knick Knacks
Foreign language / English title
Knick Knacks
Subtitle
Five children´s choruses
Dedication
the 4th International Kodály Symposium Sydney 1979
Year of composition
1978

Type
Children's choir
Instrumentation
children´s choir (S-Ms-A)
Duration
6 min

Movements, parts
1. Conundrum
2. Snail
3. Turtle
4. Juniper
5. Little Wind
6. Who Has Seen the Wind?

Text
NASH, Ogden; DRINKWATER, John; unknown; GREENAWAY, Kate; ROSSETTI, Christina
Language
English
Commissioned by
International Kodály Society
Premiere information
1980, 4th Kodály Symposium, Sydney
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 1979, Z. 8809
Edition Kawai, Japan
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Remarks, other info
Based on poems by Ogden Nash, John Drinkwater, Kate Greenway and Christina Rossetti