Zoltán Kodály
16.12.1882—06.03.1967

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Zoltán Kodály
Te Deum | for solos, mixed choir and orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 1936
Scored for: for solos, mixed choir and orchestra
Composer: Zoltán Kodály
Choir: SATB
Soloinstruments/Soloists: soprano; alto; tenor; bass
Instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 4 3 3 1 - timp, org ad lib, str
Duration (min): 20

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World Première
Location: Budapest / Hungary
Date: 02.09.1936
Conductor: Viktor Sugár
Main Soloists: Irén Ritter, S; Melanie Kisfaludy, A; István Laczó, T; Zsigmond Mezey, B; Antal Várhelyi, org; Orchester und Chor der Matthias-Kirche
Work Introduction

Zoltán Kodály wrote Te Deum in 1936, in memory of the liberation of Budapest from the Turks 250 years before. For soloists, mixed choir and orchestra, the piece is the only commissioned work for which Kodály was not free to choose the form. The first of its three parts opens with a [...]

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