Composition database

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Title of the work

Five Songs on the Poems of Jenő Dsida for Soprano Solo and Orchestra


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Öt dal Dsida Jenő verseire szoprán hangra és zenekarra
Foreign language / English title
Five Songs on the Poems of Jenő Dsida for Soprano Solo and Orchestra
Dedication
To Ágnes Kriza, Lóránt Szalman and the State Philhamonic Orchestra of Marosvásárhely
Year of composition
1970

Type
Solo voice(s) with orchestra
Instrumentation
S. solo - 3 fl. (II, III anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. (I anche cfg.), 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb. - perc. (4 esec. - I anche tmb.picc.c.c., frusta, II anche raganella, tam-tam, maracas, ptti. a 2, campli., camp., III anche xil., ptti.sosp., IV anche gr.c., wood block, trg., org., cimb. - strings: 2 vl., 2 vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
16 min

Movements, parts
1. Naplemente / Sunset
2. Nagycsütörtök / Maundy Thursday
3. Jegenyék / Poplars
4. Tekintet nélkül / With No Respect
5. Csitt mese / Hush Tale

Text
DSIDA, Jenő
Language
Romanian
Premiere information
25 May 1975, Marosvásárhely, Romania; Ágnes Kriza (S.), Symphony Orchestra of Marosvásárhely, Lóránt Szalman (cond.)

19 August 2001, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Tünde Szabóki (S.), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ervin Lukács (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Bucuresti Editura Muzicala a Uniunii Compozitorilor 1978
Remarks, other info
Romanian translation by Valeria Covataru