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

Ode to Swiftness


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Óda a gyorsasághoz
Foreign language / English title
Ode to Swiftness
Subtitle
For solo voices and ensemble
Year of composition
1963

Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Instrumentation
S., Ms., A., T., Bar., B. soli - fl. - perc. (tmb.picc., ptti., tam-tam, trg., gr.c.) - pf. - strings: vl., vlc
Duration
4 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
ILLYÉS, Gyula
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem by Gyula Illyés