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

Five Songs to Poems by Attila József


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Öt dal József Attila verseire
Foreign language / English title
Five Songs to Poems by Attila József
Subtitle
For soprano voice, clarinet, cello and harp
Year of composition
1963

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
S. - cl., vlc., arpa
Duration
6 min

Movements, parts
1. Száz éjszakán / On a Hundred Nights
2. Segítsetek / Help me
3. Ha elhagysz / If You Leave Me
4. A kínhoz / To Anguish
5. Miként a tiszta űrben a világok / As Worlds in Open Space

Text
JÓZSEF, Attila
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
29 April 1963, Budapest; Erika Sziklay (S.), János Kékesi (cl.), Márta Mező (vlc.), Margit Bognár (arpa), Antal Jancsovics (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 14127 (on special order)
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