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Who Understands the Speech of Crickets?

Composer
Decsényi János
Original / Hungarian title
A tücsökszót ki érti meg?
Foreign language / English title
Who Understands the Speech of Crickets?
Subtitle
For chamber orchestra and tape
Year of composition
1983
Type
Live and tape music
Instrumentation
tape - fl., ob., cl., fg., cor. - cemb. - strings: 6 vl. 1, 6 vl. 2, 4 vla., 2 vlc., cb.
Duration
15 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Commissioned by
Council of Veszprém County
Premiere information
31 March 1984, Hungarian Chamber Orchestra Festival, Veszprém, Hungary; Óbuda Chamber Orchestra, Ottó Till (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungarian Radio - HEAR Studio
Sound engineer: István Horváth
Remarks, other info
See also revised version for piano and tape: Do You Still Remember the Speech of Crickets?