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

Two Songs


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Két dal
Foreign language / English title
Two Songs
Subtitle
On poems by Lőrinc Szabó - For baritone voice and chamber ensemble
Year of composition
1965

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
6
Instrumentation
Bar. solo - fl., cl., cor. - strings: vl., vlc.
Duration
6 min

Movements, parts
1. Ahol élőbb a Föld / Where the Earth is more alive
2. Nemcsak terólad / Not only of thee

Text
SZABÓ, Lőrinc
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1966, Budapest; József Bene (Bar.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Based on poems 50 and 73 from the cycle "The Twenty-Sixth Year" by Lőrinc Szabó