Bárdos Lajos: Wonder of Wonders
selected works for mixed choir
sheet music
Translated by Needleman, Gail
Setting: Mixed Voices
Genre: Choral Work
Period: 20th Century
Language: English
Length: 20 pages
Format: B/5
Published: November 1, 2023
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest
Item number: 15218
ISMN: 9790080152188
Lajos Bárdos (1899-1986), composer, musicologist, teacher, and choral conductor, laid down, together with Kodály, the foundations of 20th-century Hungarian choral music. Through his work as a conductor, he raised the standards of Hungarian choral singing to an international level in a few decades. His compositions were directed towards cultivating Hungarian choral life: they draw on Renaissance polyphony and Hungarian folk music, following Kodály and Bartók. His works, which are models of choral writing, deal sensitively with Hungarian prosody and radiate an inner harmony and vigor. A selection of his most popular choral works has been published with English texts by Gail Needleman in five volumes.
Contents |
1. | Márkus Miklós dr.: Campfire Song | |
2. | Kovács Márk: Stretch Thy Hands | |
3. | Dienes Valéria Dr.: Christmas Lullaby | |
4. | Czikéné Lovich Ilona: Holy Christmas Night | |