Zoltán Kodály
16.12.1882—06.03.1967

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Psalmus Hungaricus
31.03.2012, Lyon (F)
 

Zoltán Kodály
Psalmus Hungaricus | op. 13 | for tenor, mixed choir, boys' choir ad lib. and orchestra

Work Details
Opus: op. 13
Year of composition: 1923
Scored for: for tenor, mixed choir, boys' choir ad lib. and orchestra
Composer: Zoltán Kodály
Text Source: bible, psalm 55
Text Editor: Michael Vég
Original Language: Ungarisch
Translator: Edward J. Dent; Bence Szabolcsi
Choir: SATB
Soloinstruments/Soloists: tenor
Instrumentation: 3 2 2 2 - 4 3 3 0 - timp, cym, hp, org, str
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute; 3rd flute; 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; 1st clarinet in A; 2nd clarinet in A; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; 3rd trumpet in C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; timpani; cymbal; harp; organ ad lib; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Duration (min): 23
Dedication: Dem Publikum der Hauptstadt Budapest

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World Première
Location: Vigadó Budapest / Hungary
Date: 19.11.1923
Orchestra: Orchester der Philharmonischen Gesellschaft Budapest
Choir: Palestrina-Chor
Conductor: Ernö Dohnányi
Main Soloists: Ferenc Székelyhidy, T
Work Introduction

If I had never studied ancient Hungarian literature, I would never have had the idea of composing the Psalmus, Zoltán Kodály said in a 1963 interview. The name of preacher Mihály Kecskeméti Vég was unknown outside philological circles, and only his 1561 translation of the 55th psalm has [...]


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