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Title of the work

Small Picture Book of Animals

Composer
Decsényi János
Original / Hungarian title
Kis képeskönyv állatokról
Foreign language / English title
Small Picture Book of Animals
Subtitle
On poems by Sándor Weöres, for children´s choir and chamber orchestra
Year of composition
1978
Type
Choir and chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
children´s choir - fl. (anche picc.), ob., cl. (anche cl.b.), fg. - cor. - timp., perc. - arpa - pf. - strings: 3 vl. 1, 3 vl. 2, 3 vla., 3 vlc., cb.
Duration
8 min
Movements, parts
1. Haragos a Liba pék... / Baker Goose is furious...
2. Békák / Frogs
3. Paripám, csodaszép... / My horse, a beautiful...
4. Aludj, lenge madár... / Sleep, flimsy bird...
5. Kutyatár / The dog shop
Text
WEÖRES, Sándor
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Folk Educational Propaganda Office
Premiere information
1980, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Children´s Choir and Chamber Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio and Television, László Csányi (cond.)

1981, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Recording of the premiere, Hungarian Radio, 1980 - Children´s Choir and Chamber Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio and Television, László Csányi (cond.)