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

Three Shakespearean Songs


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Three Shakespearean Songs
Foreign language / English title
Three Shakespearean Songs
Subtitle
For mixed choir or female choir
Dedication
Gareth Jenkins
Year of composition
1990

Type
Choir a cappella
Instrumentation
mixed choir or female choir
Duration
9 min

Movements, parts
1. Fairy Song
2. Sweet Music´s Power
3. Song Sung in Arden

Text
SHAKESPEARE, William
Language
English
Premiere information
18 November 2007, Kirche Oberstrass, Zürich, Switzerland; Ars Cantata Zürich, Monica Buckland (cond.)
Publisher / Source
TVK Tonger Verlag Köln © 1997, 541202
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Remarks, other info
"Song Sung in Arden" won the 2nd prize at the International Composition Contest "Jihlava" in 1998 (1st prize not awarded)