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Balogh Máté: Arctic Dawn

Ritualistic rondo for mixed choir and claves ad libitum

Setting: Mixed Voices and Accompaniment
Period: Contemporary Music
Language: English
Length: 12 pages
Format: 19 x27 cm (octavo)
Published: March 25, 2026
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest
Item number: 15306
ISMN: 9790080153062
The three-minute composition is described by the composer as a ''ritual rondo''. The Inuit folk text, collected by Franz Boas (1858-1942), appears in the work as a musical layer, creating a kind of communal, ritualistic experience, as if the sounds of an ancient ceremony were being brought to life. This aligns with the nature-oriented, communal, and spiritual worldview of Inuit traditions, in which music and ritual are closely intertwined. Arctic Dawn is thus not merely an atmospheric piece, but also a cultural reflection: alongside the image of the Arctic dawn, it conveys the musical imprint of a distant, ancient world through the means of contemporary choral writing.

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