List of compositions by György Kurtág

This is a list of compositions by György Kurtág.

Compositions by opus number

opus-no Title Instrumentation Year
op. 1String Quartet No. 11959
op. 2Wind Quintet1959
op. 3Eight Pieces for pianopiano1960
op. 4Eight Duosviolin and cimbalom1961
op. 5Jeleksolo viola1961
op. 5bJeleksolo cello1961–1984
op. 6Five Merrycateguitar1962
op. 6cSplinterscimbalom1973
op. 6dSplinterspiano1978
op. 7cThe Sayings of P. BornemiszaConcerto for soprano and piano1963–1968
op. 8In Memory of a Winter EveningFour Fragments for soprano, violin and cimbalom1969
op. 9Four Capricciossoprano and chamber ensemble1969–1970
op. 1024 Antiphonaeorchestra1970–1971
op. 11Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszkybass voice and ensemble1973–1975
op. 12S. K. Remembrance Noise, Seven Songs to Poems by Dezső Tandorisoprano and violin1974–1975
op. 13Hommage a András Mihály12 microludes for string quartet1977–1978
op. 14Herdecker Eurhythmieflute, violin, recitation and tenor-lira1979
op. 14dBagatellesflute, double-bass and piano1981
op. 14eThree Piecesviolin and piano1979
op. 15bThe Little Predicamentpiccolo, trombone and guitar1978
op. 15cGrabstein für Stephanguitar and instrumental groups1989
op. 15dHommage a R. Sch.clarinet, viola and piano1990
op. 16Omaggio a Luigi Nono to poems by Anna Akhmatova and R. Dalosmixed voices1979
op. 17Messages of the Late R. V. Troussova, words by Rimma Dalossoprano and chamber ensemble1976–1980
op. 18Songs of Despair and Sorrowmixed choir with instruments1980–1994
op. 19Scenes from a Novelsoprano, violin, double-bass and cimbalom1981–1982
op. 20Attila József Fragmentssoprano1981–1982
op. 21Concerto for Piano and Orchestra(begun 1980)
op. 22Seven Songssoprano and cimbalom1981
op. 23Eight Choruses to Poems by Dezső Tandorimixed voices1981–1982, 1984
op. 24Kafka-Fragmentesoprano and violin1985–1986
op. 25Three Ancient Inscriptionsvoice and piano1986
op. 26Requiem for a Friend to Poems by Rimma Dalossoprano and piano1986–1987
op. 27/1...quasi una fantasia...piano and chamber ensemble1987–1988
op. 27/2Double concertopiano, violoncello and two chamber ensembles1989–1990
op. 28Officium Breve in Memoriam Andreae Szervánszkystring quartet1988–1989
op. 29Hölderlin: An... (A Fragment)tenor and piano1988–1989
op. 30bSamuel Beckett: What is the Wordrecitation, mixed voices and chamber ensemble1990–1991
op. 31bLigatura – 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 celesta1989
op. 32Lebenslauf2 bassett horns and 2 pianos (tuned 1/4-tone apart)1992
op. 33Steleorchestra1994
op. 34Messagesorchestra1991–1996
op. 34aNew Messagesorchestra1998-in progress
op. 35aHölderlin-Gesängefor baritone1993–1997
op. 36...pas à pas – nulle part... (poems by Beckett)baritone, string trio and percussion1993–1998
op. 37Fragments from the Scrapbooks of Georg Christoph Lichtenbergsoprano and instruments1996
op. 38Three Piecesclarinet and cimbalom1996
op. 38aThree Other Piecesclarinet and cimbalom1996
op. 40Esterházy Péter: Fancsikó és Pinta (Fragments) – Introduction to the Art of Belcantovoice and piano/celesta1999
op. 41Songs to Poems by Anna Achmatova(1997-in progress), for soprano and ensemble1997-inprogress
op. 42...concertante...violin, viola and orchestra2003
op. 43Hipartitaviolin2004
op. 44Six Moments Musicauxstring quartet2005
op. 45Triptictwo violins2007
op. 46Colindă Baladăchoir and nine instruments2008 (?)
op. 47Brefs messagesfor nine instruments2011

Remarks:

  • op. 6 revoked, movements published as op. 6c and 6d
  • op. 10 unfinished, only 1–3 composed
  • op. 21 unfinished
  • op. 42 winner of the 2006 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.

Works without opus number:

  • Viola Concerto (1954)
  • Játékok ("Games") (since 1973, 9 Volumes as of 2017), 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 violoncello or solo violin (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

Compositions by genre

Solo Instrumental

  • Piano
    • Suite for four-hand piano (1950–1951)
    • Elö-játékok (1973–1974)
    • Játékok (Games) for piano, four-hand piano and two pianos (9 Volumes, 1973–2017)
    • 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)
  • Cymbalum
    • Szálkák for cymbalum (1973)

Chamber

  • Duets
    • 8 duets for violin et cymbalum (1960)
    • Tre pezzi for violin and pianoforte (1979)
    • 13 Darab két cimbalomra a Játékokból for two cymbalum (1982)
    • Panaszos kérlelö for recorder and piano (1988)
    • Tre pezzi for clarinet and cymbalum (1996)
    • Tre altri pezzifor clarinet and cymbalum (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 junior) (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)

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 cymbalum (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 Dezsö 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 cymbalum (or piano) (1981)
  • Stsenï iz romana 15 poems of Rimma Dalos for soprano, violin, double bass and cymbalum (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)

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 Dezsö verseir for mixed choir (1981–1984)

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References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Miguel, Pérez Martín (February 10, 2015). "György Kurtág gana el Premio BBVA de Música Contemporánea". El País (Grupo Prisa). Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "György Kurtág". info.bmc.hu. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  5. ↑ György Kurtág biography, UE
  6. ↑ Griffiths, Paul (1995). Modern Music and After. Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-8126-9435-X.
  7. ↑ "2006- György Kurtág". Archived from the original on 2014-07-24.
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