List of compositions by György Kurtág
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This is a list of compositions by György Kurtág.
Compositions by opus number
Opus No. | Title | Instrumentation | Year |
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op. 1 | String Quartet No. 1 | 1959 | |
op. 2 | Wind Quintet | 1959 | |
op. 3 | Eight Pieces for piano | piano | 1960 |
op. 4 | Eight Duos | violin and cimbalom | 1961 |
op. 5 | Jelek | solo viola | 1961 |
op. 5b | Jelek | solo cello | 1961–1984 |
op. 6 | Five Merrycate[a] | guitar | 1962 |
op. 6c | Splinters | cimbalom | 1973 |
op. 6d | Splinters | piano | 1978 |
op. 7c | The Sayings of P. Bornemisza | concerto for soprano and piano | 1963–1968 |
op. 8 | In Memory of a Winter Evening | Four Fragments for soprano, violin, and cimbalom | 1969 |
op. 9 | Four Capriccios | soprano and chamber ensemble | 1969–1970 |
op. 10 | 24 Antiphonae[b] | orchestra | 1970–1971 |
op. 11 | Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky | bass voice and ensemble | 1973–1975 |
op. 12 | S. K. Remembrance Noise, Seven Songs to Poems by Dezső Tandori | soprano and violin | 1974–1975 |
op. 13 | Hommage à András Mihály | 12 microludes for string quartet | 1977–1978 |
op. 14 | Herdecker Eurhythmie | flute, violin, recitation, and tenor-lira | 1979 |
op. 14d | Bagatelles | flute, double-bass, and piano | 1981 |
op. 14e | Three Pieces | violin and piano | 1979 |
op. 15b | The Little Predicament | piccolo, trombone, and guitar | 1978 |
op. 15c | Grabstein für Stephan | guitar and instrumental groups | 1989 |
op. 15d | Hommage a R. Sch. | clarinet, viola, and piano | 1990 |
op. 16 | Omaggio a Luigi Nono to poems by Anna Akhmatova and Rimma Dalos | mixed voices | 1979 |
op. 17 | Messages of the Late R. V. Troussova, words by Rimma Dalos | soprano and chamber ensemble | 1976–1980 |
op. 18 | Songs of Despair and Sorrow | mixed choir with instruments | 1980–1994 |
op. 19 | Scenes from a Novel | soprano, violin, double-bass, and cimbalom | 1981–1982 |
op. 20 | Attila József Fragments | soprano | 1981–1982 |
op. 21 | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra[c] | (begun 1980) | |
op. 22 | Seven Songs | soprano and cimbalom | 1981 |
op. 23 | Eight Choruses to Poems by Dezső Tandori | mixed voices | 1981–1982, 1984 |
op. 24 | Kafka-Fragmente | soprano and violin | 1985–1986 |
op. 25 | Three Ancient Inscriptions | voice and piano | 1986 |
op. 26 | Requiem for a Friend to Poems by Rimma Dalos | soprano and piano | 1986–1987 |
op. 27/1 | ...quasi una fantasia... | piano and chamber ensemble | 1987–1988 |
op. 27/2 | Double concerto | piano, violoncello, and two chamber ensembles | 1989–1990 |
op. 28 | Officium Breve in Memoriam Andreae Szervánszky | string quartet | 1988–1989 |
op. 29 | Hölderlin: An… (A Fragment) | tenor and piano | 1988–1989 |
op. 30b | Samuel Beckett: What is the Word | recitation, mixed voices and chamber ensemble | 1990–1991 |
op. 31b | Ligatura – Message-Hommage à Frances-Marie Uitti (The Answered Unanswered Question) | violoncello with two bows, 2 violins and celesta; or 2 violoncelli, 2 violins and celesta; or 2 organs and celesta | 1989 |
op. 32 | Lebenslauf | 2 bassett horns and 2 pianos (tuned a quarter tone apart) | 1992 |
op. 33 | Stele | orchestra | 1994 |
op. 34 | Messages | orchestra | 1991–1996 |
op. 34a | New Messages | orchestra | 1998–2008 |
op. 35a | Hölderlin-Gesänge | baritone | 1993–1997 |
op. 36 | ...pas à pas – nulle part... (poems by Beckett) | baritone, string trio, and percussion | 1993–1998 |
op. 37 | Fragments from the Scrapbooks of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg | soprano and instruments | 1996 |
op. 38 | Three Pieces | clarinet and cimbalom | 1996 |
op. 38a | Three Other Pieces | clarinet and cimbalom | 1996 |
op. 39 | Scenes | flute | 1997 |
op. 40 | Esterházy Péter: Fancsikó és Pinta (Fragments) – Introduction to the Art of Belcanto | voice and piano/celesta | 1999 |
op. 41 | Songs to Poems by Anna Achmatova | soprano and ensemble | 1997–2008 |
op. 42 | …concertante…[d] | violin, viola, and orchestra | 2003 |
op. 43 | Hipartita | violin | 2004 |
op. 44 | Six Moments Musicaux | string quartet | 2005 |
op. 45 | Triptic | two violins | 2007 |
op. 46 | Colindă Baladă | choir and nine instruments | 2007 |
op. 47 | Brefs messages | nine instruments | 2011 |
op. 48 | Ligeti évszázada – Kalandozás a múltban | ensemble | 2023 |
op. 50 | ...elszunnyadni, - semmi több... (Három dal Tandori Dezső verseire) (...to sleep, - no more..., (Songs to poems by Dezső Tandori)) | alto[, violin, piano and percussion / cello] | 2019 |
Notes:
- ^ revoked, movements published as op. 6c and 6d
- ^ unfinished, only 1–3 composed
- ^ unfinished
- ^ winner of the 2006 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
Works without opus number:
- Viola Concerto (1954)
- Játékok ("Games") (since 1973, 10 Volumes as of 2021), for piano
- In Memoriam György Zilcz (1975), for 2 trumpets, 2 trombones and tuba
- 13 Pieces for Cimbalom (1982), for 2 cimbaloms
- Games and Messages for winds (since 1984)
- Transcriptions from Machaut to J.S. Bach (1985), for 4-hand and 6-hand piano and 2 pianos
- Pilinszky János: Gérard de Nerval (1986), for violoncello
- 3 In Memoriam (1988–90), for 1-hand, 2-hand and 3-hand piano
- Signs, Games and Messages for solo violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet (since 1989)
- Ligatura E Versetti (1990), for organ
- Aus Der Ferne III (1991), for Alfred Schlee's 90th birthday, for string quartet
- Looking Back: Old and New for Four Players, Hommage à Stockhausen (1993), for trumpet, double-bass and keyboard instruments
- Epilog for Requiem of Reconciliation (1995)
- Miriam Marbé in Memoriam (1999), for three recorders
- Six Pieces for Trombone and Piano (1999)
- Petite musique solennelle – En hommage à Pierre Boulez 90 (2015) for orchestra
- Samuel Beckett: Fin de partie. Scènes et monologues, opéra en un acte (2018), opera
Compositions by genre
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Solo Instrumental
- Piano
- Suite for four-hand piano (1950–1951)
- Elö-játékok (1973–1974)
- Játékok (Games) for piano, four-hand piano, and two pianos (10 Volumes published, 1973– )
- Szálkák (1973–1978)
- 3 in memoriam (1988–1990)
- Viola da Gamba
- …sospiri, gemiti… (2011)
- Violin
- Hipartita for solo violin (2000–2004)
- 29 Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (Signs, Games and Messages) for solo violin (1989–2004)
- Viola
- 29 Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (Signs, Games and Messages) for solo viola (1998–2005)
- Cello
- 19 Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (Signs, Games and Messages) for solo cello (1987–2008)
- Double Bass
- 4 Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (Signs, Games and Messages) for solo double bass (1999–2000)
- Flute
- 6 Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (Signs, Games and Messages) for solo flute (1992–2005)
- Oboe
- 6 Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (Signs, Games and Messages) for solo oboe (1997–2001)
- Clarinet
- 6 Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (Signs, Games and Messages) for solo clarinet (1984–2001)
- Bassoon
- 3 Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (Signs, Games and Messages) for solo bassoon (1986–2001)
- Guitar
- Cinque Merrycate for solo guitar (1962) (Revoked)
- Organ
- Ligature e versetti for organ (1990)
- Cymbalom
- Szálkák for cimbalom (1973)
Chamber
- Duets
- 8 duets for violin and cimbalom (1960)
- Tre pezzi for violin and pianoforte (1979)
- 13 Darab két cimbalomra a Játékokból for two cimbalom (1982)
- Panaszos kérlelö for recorder and piano (1988)
- Tre pezzi for clarinet and cimbalom (1996)
- Tre altri pezzifor clarinet and cimbalom (1996)
- Játékok és üzenetek (Games and Messages) for woodwind duo (1998–2000)
- Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (Signs, Games and Messages) for string duo (1978–2003)
- Négy initium az Hommage à Jacob Obrecht-ből for viola and cello (2005)
- Triptic for two violins (2007)
- Trios
- A kis csáva for piccolo, trombone, and guitar (1978)
- Bagatelles for flute, piano and double bass, arrangements from Játékok (1981)
- Hommage à R. Sch. for clarinet (and bass drum), viola, and piano (1990)
- Myriam Marbé in memoriam for three recorders (1999)
- Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (Signs, Games and Messages) for string trio (1989–2005)
- String Quartet
- String quartet (1959)
- Hommage à András Mihály 12 microludes for string quartet (1977–1978)
- Officium breve in memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky for string quartet (1988–1989)
- Aus der ferne III for string quartet (1991)
- Aus der Ferne V for string quartet (1999)
- Hommage à Jacob Obrecht for string quartet (2004–2005)
- 6 Moments Musicaux for string quartet (1999–2005)
- Zwiegespräch for string quartet and electronics (co-written with György Kurtág Jr.) (1999–2006)
- Other Quartets
- Ligatura-Message to Frances-Marie The Answered Unanswered Question, for BACH-bow cello, two violins, and celesta (1989)
- Életút (Lebenslauf) for two pianos (tuned a quarter tone apart) and two basset horns (1992)
- Rückblick De l'ancien et du nouveau pour quatre instrumentistes (trumpet, double bass and keyboards) – Hommage à Stockhausen (1993)
- Quintets
- Wind quintet (1959)
- In memoriam György Zilcz for two trumpets, two trombones, and tuba (1975)
- Other
- Irka-firka születésnapra – Mihály Andrásnak for two violons, two violas, cello, and double bass (1991)
- Játékok és üzenetek (Games and Messages) for winds, strings, and keyboard (1992–2000)
Ensemble/orchestral
- 24 Antiphonae (1970–1971, incomplete)
- ΣΤΗΛΗ (Stele) for orchestra (1994)
- ...a Százévesnek – Hommage à Takács Jenő for small string orchestra (2002)
- Sinfonia breve per archi – Fried Márta emlékére for small string orchestra (2004)
- Új üzenetek zenekarra for orchestra (1998–2008)
- Brefs messages (2010)
- Petite musique solennelle – En hommage à Pierre Boulez 90 for orchestra (2015)
- Ligeti évszázada – Kalandozás a múltban for ensemble (2023)
Concertante
- Mouvement for viola and orchestra (1953–1954)
- Confessio concerto for piano (1980–1986)
- …quasi una fantasia… for piano and spatialized instrumental groups (1987–1988)
- Grabstein für Stephan for guitar and spatialized instrumental groups (1978–1989)
- Double concerto for piano, cello, and two spatialized instrumental groups (1989–1990)
- ...concertante... pour violin, viola, and orchestra (2003)
Vocal
- Tánc dal for children choir and piano on a text by Sandor Weöres (1950)
- Bornemisza Péter mondásai for soprano and piano on texts written by Péter Bornemisza (1963–1968)
- Egy téli alkony emlékére (4 fragments on poems by Pál Gulyás), for soprano, violin, and cimbalom (1969)
- Négy capriccio for soprano and chamber orchestra, on texts by István Bálint (1959–1970)
- Négy dal Pilinszky János verseire for bassand chamber orchestra (1975)
- Eszká-emlékzaj (7 Songs on poems by Dezső Tandori, for soprano and violin (1974–1975)
- Herdecker Eurythmie "…sur des poèmes de Ellen Lösch", for speaker and tenor vielle (1979)
- Poslanija pokojnoj R. V. Trusovoj 21 poems of Rimma Dalos, for soprano and ensemble (1976–1980)
- Hét dal for soprano and cimbalom (or piano) (1981)
- Stsenï iz romana 15 poems of Rimma Dalos for soprano, violin, double bass, and cimbalom (1979–1982)
- Három dal Pilinszky János verseire for bass and piano (1975–1986)
- Requiem po drugu for soprano and piano (1982–1987)
- Kafka-Fragmente for soprano and violin (1985–1987)
- Három régi felirat for soprano and piano (1986–1987)
- Hölderlin : An... for tenor and piano (1988–1989)
- Samuel Beckett: What is the Word Siklós István tolmácsolásában Beckett Sámuel üzeni Monyók Ildikóval for solo alto (speaker), five voices, and spatialized instrumental groups (1990–1991)
- Samuel Beckett: mi is a szó Siklós István tolmácsolásában Beckett Sámuel üzeni Monyók Ildikóval for voice and upright piano (1990)
- Pesni Unïniya i Pechali op. 18 for double mixed choir and instruments (1980–1994)
- Requiem der Versöhnung for soloists, choir and orchestra (1995)
- Üzenetek zenekarra for orchestra and mixed choir (1991–1996)
- Hölderlin-Gesänge for solo barytone (and instruments) (1993–1997)
- …pas à pas – nulle part… for barytone, percussion and string trio (1993–1998)
- Einige Sätze aus den Sudelbüchern Georg Christoph Lichtenbergs revised version for soprano and double bass (1996–1999)
- Esterházy Péter: Fancsikó és Pinta (Töredékek) – Bevezetés a Szépéneklés Müvészetébe I for solo voice, piano, and celesta (1999)
- Colindă – Baladă for tenor, two mixed choirs and instrumental ensemble (2000–2007)
- Songs to Poems by Anna Akhmatova for soprano and ensemble (1997–2008)
- ...elszunnyadni, - semmi több... (Három dal Tandori Dezső verseire) (...to sleep, - no more..., (Songs to poems by Dezső Tandori)) for solo alto, [violin, piano & percussion / cello] (2019)
A cappella
- Klárisok for mixed choir on a poem by Attila József (1950)
- Omaggio a Luigi Nono op. 16 for choir (1979)
- Kórkép és Hattyudal for mixed choir (1978–1981)
- József Attila-töredékek for solo soprano (1981)
- Nyolc kórus Tandori Dezső verseir for mixed choir (1981–1984)
Opera
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References
- ^ "The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Contemporary Music category goes in this seventh edition to the Hungarian composer György Kurtág". BBVA Foundation. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ Leticia, Yustos (February 10, 2015). "György Kurtág premio Fundación BBVA Fronteras del Conocimiento en la especialidad de música contemporánea". Doce Notas. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ Miguel, Pérez Martín (February 10, 2015). "György Kurtág gana el Premio BBVA de Música Contemporánea". El País (Grupo Prisa). Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "György Kurtág". info.bmc.hu. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ György Kurtág biography, UE
- ^ Griffiths, Paul (1995). Modern Music and After. Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-8126-9435-X.
- ^ "2006- György Kurtág". Archived from the original on 2014-07-24.
External links
- György Kurtág works (59) on the Editio Musica Budapest website (publisher)