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

Eight Songs to Poems by Dezső Tandori


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Nyolc Tandori-dal
Foreign language / English title
Eight Songs to Poems by Dezső Tandori
Subtitle
For soprano voice and piano
Dedication
to György Kurtág (Mov. VI)
Year of composition
1987

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
S., pf.
Duration
13 min

Movements, parts
1. Ajánlás / Dedication
2. Négy téli évszak Klee-nek / Four winter seasons to Klee
3. Non est volentis, neque currentis...
4. Kocsis Zoltán egy "kromatikus" Vidovszky-művet játszik a szerző előírásai szerint / Zoltán Kocsis is playing a "chromatic" piece by Vidovszky according to the composer´s instructions
5. Ady-koan
6. Kavafisz-haiku (Kurtág Györgynek) / Kavafis-haiku (To György Kurtág)
7. Még egynéhányszor átpergetem ujjaim közt az ábécét / I´m still sometimes running the alphabet through my fingers
8. Orfeusz kertjének visszhangjai / The echos of Orpheus´s Garden

Premiere information
5 October 1987, Budapest; Ibolya Verebics (S.), Zoltán Jeney (pf.)
Publisher / Source
MS
1 min. sample
2 II. Four winter seasons to Klee