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

Snapshots


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Pillanatképek
Foreign language / English title
Snapshots
Subtitle
For piano
Dedication
to Edit Hambalkó
Year of composition
1981

Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
17 min

Movements, parts
1. Lesen / In Ambush
2. Mese / Tale
3. A zongorahangoló / The Piano Tuner
4. Sakkozók / Chess Players
5. Makacsul / Stubbornly
6. Vonakodó döntés / Hesitating Decision
7. 35 gyertya A. Pf. születésnapjára / 35 Candles for the Birthday of A. Pf.
8. Hommage a John Cage
9. Jégeső a pléhtetőn / It Is Hailing on the Tinroof
10. Sziszüphos arcképe / The Portrait of Sisyphos

Premiere information
1988, Budapest; Edit Hambalkó (pf.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 1987, Z. 12504
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Recordings
Hungarian Radio