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El compositor, director de coro, musicólogo y pedagogo musical Lajos Bárdos nació el 1 de octubre de 1899 en Budapest y estudió composición con Zoltán Kodály en la Academia de Música de Budapest. Como...

The sacred choral works of Lajos Bárdos, more than a decade after the composer?s death, are being performed more and more often worldwide. These pieces, among which every type is represented, from the...

The noted Hungarian choirmaster and composer, born in 1930, composed this short, jubilant choral work to the Latin text of Psalm 98 (97 in many English translations). Written in 2013 for the 23rd Inte...

The piece was written originally for equal voice choir in 1929. A mixed-choir adaptation was made in 1961 at the request of Oxford University Press. This appeared in print in the same year with an Eng...

Composed in 1948, Kodály s compelling Geneva Psalm 50 uses the original psalm tune as a cantus firmus while adapting the original Calvinist psalter s rhythms to the Hungarian language. In addition to...

Liszt composed the Missa Solennis in 1855 for the consecration of the Basilica in Esztergom. It is usually called the 'Graner Messe' after 'Gran', the comtemporary German name Esztergom. The first per...

The Coronation Mass was composed by Liszt for the coronation of King Franz Joseph I and Queen Elisabeth. The first performance of the work took place on June 8, 1867 at the Mathias Church at Buda. Als...

Liszt Separate Editions are published with scholarly authenticity and are based on the New Liszt Edition. Their musical scores and presentation correspond to the complete edition, yet their extent is...

De profundis, composed in 1834 but left unfinished, is a watershed in Liszt's development as a composer. This 'instrumental psalm' for piano and orchestra, lasting over 30 minutes, was inspired by Lis...

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