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12 Songs

Composer
Jeney Zoltán
Original / Hungarian title
12 dal
Foreign language / English title
12 Songs
Subtitle
To the poems by E.E. Cummings, William Blake, Friedrich Hölderlin Dezső Tandori and Sándor Weöres - For soprano voice, violin and piano
Dedication
to György Kurtág, Péter Eötvös, Sándor Weöres, Miklós Mészöly, Adrian Leverkühn
Year of composition
1983
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
3
Instrumentation
S. - pf., vl.
Duration
30 min
Movements, parts
1. may i feel said he / kis tapintat (Cummings)
2. Világnyelv / World language (Tandori)
3. un (bee) mo / mo (mé) zd (Cummings)
4. in Just- / a Most- (Cummings)
5. ! o (rounD) moon, now / ó gömbölydeD hold, (Cummings)
6. n (nothing) / s (semmi), (Cummings)
7. Silent, Silent Night / Csöndes, csöndes éj (Blake)
8. Hold / Moon (Weöres)
9. Me up at does / Padló felől (Cummings)
10. annie died the other day / annie meghalt a minap (Cummings)
11. tw (two) / k (kettő) (Cummings)
12. Mnemosyne (Hölderlin)
Text
CUMMINGS, E. E.; BLAKE, William; HÖLDERLIN, Friedrich; TANDORI Dezső; WEÖRES, Sándor
Language
English / Hungarian / German
Premiere information
30 September 1983, Cologne, Germany; Brenda Hubbard (S.), Mathias Tacke (pf.), Michael Obst (vl.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1985, Z. 13069
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Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX-12971, 1989 - Luisa Castellani (voice), András Keller (vl.), Zoltán Kocsis (pf.)
Hungaroton HCD-31653, 1996 - Luisa Castellani (voice), András Keller (vl.), Zoltán Kocsis (pf.)
1 min. sample
1 I. may i feel said he
2 II. World language
3 III. un (bee) mo
4 IV. in Just-
5 V. ! o
6 VI. n
7 VII. Silent, Silent Night
8 VIII. Hold
9 IX. Me up at does
10 X. annie died the other day
11 XI. tw
12 XII. Mnemosyne
Remarks, other info
Movements I and IX are with pf., movements II, V and XII are with vl., all other movements are with vl. and pf.

The movements are dedicated to: György Kurtág (No. 2), Péter Eötvös (No. 6), Sándor Weöres (No. 8), Miklós Mészöly (No. 9), Adrian Leverkühn (No. 7)
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Hungaroton