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Title of the work

The Cricket, the Ant and the Others

Composer
Lendvay Kamilló
Original / Hungarian title
A tücsök, a hangya és a többiek
Foreign language / English title
The Cricket, the Ant and the Others
Subtitle
For seven instruments (with ad lib narrator)
Year of composition
1993
Type
Ensemble
Number of players
8
Instrumentation
narrator (ad lib.) - cl. (anche cl.b.), fg. - tr., trb. - perc. - strings: vl., cb.
Duration
10 min
Movements, parts
I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Text
KÖVESDY, János
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Premiere information
1994, Cocoa-Concert for Children, Merlin Theater, Budapest - Musicians of the Budapest Festival Orchestra
Publisher / Source
Kamilló Lendvay (AYQU Music Inc., H-1137 Budapest, Szt. István Park 23.)
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Recordings
Hungarian Television, 1994
Hungarian Radio, 1995
Remarks, other info
Based on the text by János Kövesdy