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

Herdsmen in Betlehem


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Csordapásztorok
Foreign language / English title
Herdsmen in Betlehem
Subtitle
For choir of equal voices, chamber orchestra and organ
Year of composition
1968

Type
Choir and chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
choir (equal voices) - fl., ob., cl., fg. - cel., org. - strings
Duration
3 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
Lutheran Songbook
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Hungarian Radio
Premiere information
1968, Hungarian Radio, Budapest
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungarian Radio, recording of the premiere, 1968