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

Five Short Choruses


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Öt kis kórusmű
Foreign language / English title
Five Short Choruses
Subtitle
On poems by Sándor Weöres, for children´s choir
Year of composition
1958

Type
Children's choir
Instrumentation
children´s choir
Duration
6 min

Movements, parts
1. Arany ágon ül a sármány / The bunting is sitting on a golden branch
2. Kis dal a szélről / Little song about the wind
3. Ó ha cinke volnék / If only I could be a tit
4. Medvedal / Bear Song
5. Rosszember / Mean Man

Text
WEÖRES, Sándor
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1959, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; The Hungarian Radio and Television Children Choir, László Csányi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Recording of the premiere, Hungarian Radio, 1959 - The Hungarian Radio and Television Children´s Choir and Chamber Orchestra, László Csányi (cond.)