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

4 Hungarian Folk Ballads


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
4 magyar népballada
Foreign language / English title
4 Hungarian Folk Ballads
Subtitle
For solo voices and chamber orchestra
Year of composition
1949

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
Ms., Bar. - fl., ob., cl., fg. - cor., trb. - strings
Duration
31 min

Movements, parts
1. Kőműves Kelemen / Kelemen Mason
2. Kedves, szerető feleségem / My dear paramour wife
3. Kádár Kata / Kate Kádár
4. Szép Ilona / Pretty Ilona

Text
Folk songs
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Hungarian Radio
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Radio Moscow