György Kurtág (1926- )
György
Kurtág is one of the more highly esteemed composers of the late
twentieth century. He is not well known outside of Europe, writing
little and not prone to acts of self-promotion. Most composers would
not have been able to establish a career in this manner. His hometown
changed hands from Hungary to Romania. What he saw while under
Communist rule before he went west no doubt shaped the peculiar
tensions of his music, which often sounds like lessons learned through
surviving persecution. In 1940, he studied piano with Magda Kardos and
composition from Max Eisikovits, then moved to Budapest in
1946,
enrolling in the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, studying composition
with Sándor Veress and Ferenc Farkas. During 1957-58 he went
west
for a one-year stay in Paris, studying with Marianne Stein and
attending courses of Darius Milhaud and Olivier Messiaen. In 1971, he
had his second appointment in the west, in West Berlin as
grantee
of the DAAD scholarship. His reputation began to gain more ground. What
little he had written demonstrated itself as the work of genius,
beginning with the brief Quartetto per archi (1959) - a perfect
synthesis of Webern and Bartók, this work has an undistracted
intelligence about it, a courage that intellectuals required to survive
the tyranny of the Soviets. His catalog continued to grow, but at a
startlingly slow rate. After his retirement from the Liszt
Academy
in 1986, he lived in Germany and Austria. In 1987, one year after
leaving Hungary, he immediately became a member of the Bayerische
Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich, as well as a member of the
Akademie der Künste, Berlin. In 1993 he was awarded the Prix de
Composition Musicale by the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco, for his Grabstein für Stephan
and Double
Concerto, op. 27, no. 2;
the Herder Prize by the Freiherr-vom-Stein Stiftung, Hamburg; and the
Premio Feltrinelli by the Accademia dei Lincei, Rome. That same year,
Kurtág was invited to stay in Berlin as composer in residence with the
Berliner Philharmoniker for two years. This was followed by a residency
with the Wiener Konzerthaus and, in 1998, the Kossuth Prize from the
Hungarian states for his life's work. Kurtág had carved his place in
the Western world while still behind the Iron Curtain, emerging in the
1980s as an indisputably necessary voice.- John Keillor/All Music Guide
COMPOSITIONS Kurtág Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Kurtág on Kurtág
- see also List of Compositions at Wikipedia
Suite (4 mvts), piano 4-hands (1950-51)
Viola Concerto (1954)
String Quartet No. 1, op. 1 (1959)
Wind Quintet, op. 2 (1959)
Eight Piano Pieces, op. 3 (1960)
Egy régi villamos, film score (1960)
Eight Duos, piano/violin and cimbalom, op. 4 (1961)
Jelek, viola, op. 5 (1961) [arr. 1984 for cello]
Five Merrycate, guitar, op. 6 (1962) [op. 6 revoked/withdrawn?; movements published as op. 6c and 6d]
Splinters (4 mvts), cimbalom, op. 6c (1973) [arr. 1978 for piano]
Splinters, piano, op. 6d (1978) [based on "Szálkák", cimbalom, op. 6c]
The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza (25 mvts), concerto for soprano and piano, op. 7c (1963-68; rev. 1976)
In Memory of a Winter Evening/Four Fragments, soprano, violin and cimbalom, op. 8 (1969)
Four Capriccios, soprano and chamber ensemble, op. 9 (1969-70)
24 Antiphonae, orchestra, op. 10 (1970-71) [op. 10 unfinished: only 1–3 composed]
Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky, bass voice and ensemble, op. 11 (1973-75)
S. K. Remembrance Noise (7 songs), soprano and violin, op. 12 (1974-75) [text: Dezső Tandori]
In Memoriam György Zilcz, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones and tuba (1975)
Hommage a András Mihály, 12 microludes for string quartet, op. 13 (1977-78)
Tre pezzi, flute [and piano?] [pub. in "Flute Music for Beginners", EMB 1979]
Herdecker Eurhythmie (14 pieces), flute, violin, speaker and tenor-lira, op. 14 (1979)
Bagatelles (6 pieces), flute, double bass and piano, op. 14d (1981)
Three Pieces, violin and piano, op. 14e (1979) [arr. from "Herdecker Eurhythmie", op. 14, part III, 1979]
The Little Predicament, piccolo, trombone and guitar, op. 15b (1978)
Grabstein für Stephan, guitar and instrumental groups, op. 15c (1989)
Hommage a R. Sch. (6 mvts), clarinet, viola and piano, op. 15d (1990)
Omaggio a Luigi Nono, chorus, op. 16 (1979) [text: Anna Akhmatova and Rimma Daloš]
Messages of the Late R. V. Troussova, song cycle (21 songs), soprano & chamber ensemble, op. 17 (1976-80)[text: Rimma Daloš]
Songs of Despair and Sorrow (6 pieces), chorus and instruments, op. 18 (1980-94)
Scenes from a Novel, song cycel (15 songs), soprano, violin, double bass and cimbalom, op. 19 (1981-82) [text: Rimma Daloš]
Attila József Fragments (20 pieces), soprano, op. 20 (1981-82)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op. 21 (1980, unfinished)
Hét dal (Seven Songs), soprano and cimbalom, op. 22 (1981) [text: Amy Károlyi (6); Kobayashi Issa (1)]
Robert és Robert, short film score (1981) [1985?]
13 Pieces for Cimbalom, 2 cimbaloms (1982)
Eight Choruses to Poems by Deszö Tandori, chorus, op. 23 (1981-82/1984)
Eszmélés, film score (1984)
Transcriptions from Machaut to J.S. Bach, piano 4-hands, piano 6-hands, and 2 pianos (1985)
Kafka-Fragmente (28 pieces), soprano and violin, op. 24 (1985-87) [to letters and diary entries of Franz Kafka]
Three Ancient Inscriptions, voice and piano, op. 25 (1986)
János Pilinsky: Gérard de Nerval, cello (1986)
Rekviem po drugu (Requiem for a Friend/Beloved) (4 songs), soprano and piano, op. 26 (1986-87) [text: Rimma Daloš]
...quasi una fantasia..., piano and chamber ensemble, op. 27, no. 1 (1987-88)
Double concerto, piano, cello and 2 chamber ensembles, op. 27, no. 2 (1989-90)
Officium Breve in Memoriam Andreae Szervánszky (15 mvts), string quartet, op. 28 (1988-89)
Hölderlin: An... (A Fragment), tenor and piano, op. 29 (1988–89)
Ligatura – Message-Hommage ŕ Frances-Marie Uitti (The Answered Unanswered Question), op. 31b (1989)
- cello w/2 bows, 2 violins and celesta; or 2 cellos, 2 violins and celesta; or 2 organs and celesta
Three "In Memoriam", piano 1-hand/2-hands/and 3-hands (1988-90)
Ligatura E Versetti (14 interludes), organ (1990)
Tutajosok (Memories of a River/Rafters), film score (1990) [1989?]
Samuel Beckett: What is the Word, recitation, chorus and chamber ensemble, op. 30b (1990–91)
Panaszos Kérlelő (Plaintive Pleading / Klagendes Anflehen), recorder and piano (1991)
Aus Der Ferne III, string quartet (1991) [for Alfred Schlee's 90th birthday]
Chroniques Hongroises – Magyar krónikák I-II, documentary film score (1991)
Életút (Lebenslauf), 2 bassett horns and 2 pianos (tuned 1/4-tone apart), op. 32 (1992)
Mesto, lacrimoso, viola (1992)
Goldberg variációk (Goldberg Variations), film score (1992)
Looking Back (Rückblick): Old and New for 4 Players, Hommage ŕ Stockhausen, trumpet, dble bass & kybd instruments (1993)
Misterioso – altero, viola (1993; rev. 1998)
Utrius, film score (1993)
Stele, orchestra, op. 33 (1994)
Szorongňs es vigasztalňs H. J.-nek, viola (1994)
The Stream, short film score (1994)
Epilog (for "Requiem of Reconciliation"), soloists, chorus and orchestra (1995) [from collective work] - see here
The Bridge, short film score (1995)
Messages, orchestra, op. 34 (1991-96)
New Messages, orchestra, op. 34a (1998-in progress)
Hölderlin-Gesänge, unaccompanied baritone voice, op. 35a (1993-97) [3rd piece for baritone, trombone and tuba]
- An ... (1994)
- Im Walde (1993)
- Gestalt und Geist, baritone, trombone and tuba (1994-96)
- An Zimmern (1994)
- Der Spaziergang (1995)
- Paul Celan: Tübingen, Jänner
Fragments from the Scrapbooks of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, soprano and instruments, op. 37 (1996)
Three Pieces, clarinet and cimbalom, op. 38 (1996)
Three Other Pieces, clarinet and cimbalom, op. 38a (1996)
Illés Arpadné emlékére, viola (1996)
... pas ŕ pas - nulle part ..., baritone, string trio and percussion, op. 36 (1993-98) [text: Beckett]
Visszatérés (Kicsi, de nagyon erős 2)/Homecoming (a strong but very powerful 2), film score (1998)
Esterházy Péter: Fancsikó és Pinta (Fragments) – Introduction to the Art of Belcanto, voice and piano/celesta, op. 40 (1999)
Miriam Marbé in Memoriam, 3 recorders (1999)
Aus Der Ferne No. 5, string quartet (1999) [In memoriam Alfred Schlee] [included in "Signs, Games and Messages"]
Six Pieces for Trombone and Piano (1999)
Ős K. (Ancient K), incidental music (1999)
Songs to Poems by Anna Achmatova, soprano and ensemble, op. 41 (1997-in progress)
Games and Messages, winds (1984-2001?)
Táncalak (Dancing Figure), documentary film score (2002)
... concertante ..., violin, viola and orchestra, op. 42 (2003) [winner of the 2006 Grawemeyer Award]
Orfeusz (Orpheus), incidental music (2003)
Hipartita, violin, op. 43 (2004)
Signs, Games and Messages (24 pieces), cello (or violin; or viola) (1961-2005)
Six Moments Musicaux, string quartet, op. 44 (1999-2005)
Triptic, 2 violins, op. 45 (2007)
Colindă Baladă, chorus and 9 instruments, op. 46 (2008)
Játékok (Games), piano (1973-2010) [8-vol. collection; first meant for children, but became personal compositional experiments]
Brefs messages, 9 instruments, op. 47 (2011)
[Opera based on Samuel Beckett's "Endgame"] (in progress) [fp. scheduled 2014]
WORKS BY GENRE Kurtág Links ~ ~ ~ Kurtág on Kurtág ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
[Opera based on Samuel Beckett's "Endgame"] (in progress) [fp. scheduled 2014]
Orchestra
24 Antiphonae, orchestra, op. 10 (1970-71) [op. 10 unfinished: only 1–3 composed]
Stele, orchestra, op. 33 (1994)
Messages, orchestra, op. 34 (1991-96)
- MULTIPLE TITLES
New Messages, orchestra, op. 34a (1998-in progress)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra or Ensemble
Viola Concerto (1954)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op. 21 (1980, unfinished)
...quasi una fantasia..., piano and chamber ensemble, op. 27, no. 1 (1987-88)
Double concerto, piano, cello and 2 chamber ensembles, op. 27, no. 2 (1989-90)
... concertante ..., violin, viola and orchestra, op. 42 (2003) [winner of the 2006 Grawemeyer Award]
Chorus w/Orchestra
Epilog (for "Requiem of Reconciliation"), soloists, chorus and orchestra (1995) [from collective work] - see here
Choral
Omaggio a Luigi Nono, chorus, op. 16 (1979) [text: Anna Akhmatova and Rimma Daloš]
Songs of Despair and Sorrow (6 pieces), chorus and instruments, op. 18 (1980-94)
- I skuschno, I grustno... (So weary, so wretched...)
- Notsch. Ulitsa. Fonar. Apteka (Night, an empty street, a lamp, a drug-store)
- Wjetscherom sinim (Blue evening)
- Kuda mne djetsa w ätom janwarje (Where can I go to in this January?)
- Raspjatije (Crucifixion)
- Vremia prischlo...(It's time)
Eight Choruses to Poems by Deszö Tandori, chorus, op. 23 (1981-82/1984)
- Three Koans
- Koan 3
- Koan 1
- Koan 2
- Longing for the Future
- Koan Bel Canto
- T. S. Eliot Coin
- Three Self-portraits
- I am turning into a swamp
- Prince H. standing before his step-father
- Self-portrait from 1965
Samuel Beckett: What is the Word, recitation, chorus and chamber ensemble, op. 30b (1990–91)
Colindă Baladă, chorus and 9 instruments, op. 46 (2008)
Chamber
String Quartet No. 1, op. 1 (1959)
Wind Quintet, op. 2 (1959)
Eight Duos, piano/violin and cimbalom, op. 4 (1961)
In Memoriam György Zilcz, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones and tuba (1975)
Hommage a András Mihály, 12 microludes for string quartet, op. 13 (1977-78)
Tre pezzi, flute [and piano?] [pub. in "Flute Music for Beginners", EMB 1979]
Herdecker Eurhythmie (14 pieces), flute, violin, speaker and tenor-lira, op. 14 (1979) [for details see "Vocal"]
Bagatelles (6 pieces), flute, double bass and piano, op. 14d (1981)
The Little Predicament, piccolo, trombone and guitar, op. 15b (1978)
Grabstein für Stephan, guitar and instrumental groups, op. 15c (1989)
Hommage a R. Sch. (6 mvts), clarinet, viola and piano, op. 15d (1990)
13 Pieces for Cimbalom, 2 cimbaloms (1982)
Officium Breve in Memoriam Andreae Szervánszky (15 mvts), string quartet, op. 28 (1988-89)
Ligatura – Message-Hommage ŕ Frances-Marie Uitti (The Answered Unanswered Question), op. 31b (1989)
- cello w/2 bows, 2 violins and celesta; or 2 cellos, 2 violins and celesta; or 2 organs and celesta
Aus Der Ferne III, string quartet (1991) [for Alfred Schlee's 90th birthday]
Életút (Lebenslauf), 2 bassett horns and 2 pianos (tuned 1/4-tone apart), op. 32 (1992)
Looking Back (Rückblick): Old and New for 4 Players, Hommage ŕ Stockhausen, trumpet, dble bass & kybd instruments (1993)
- I: 1. Invocatio; 2. Kyrie; 3. Hommage ŕ Stockhausen
- II/Drei Pilinszky-Lieder: 1. Alkohol; 2. In memoriam F.M. Dostojewski; 3. Hölderlin
- III/Aus: 8 Klavierstücke op. 31 (1. Variante): 1. Inesorabile. Andante con moto; 2. Calmo; 8. Vivo
- III/Aus: 8 Klavierstücke op. 31 (2. Variante): 1. Inesorabile. Andante con moto; 2. Calmo; 5. Prestissimo possibile; 8. Vivo
- III/Aus: 8 Klavierstücke op. 31 (3. Variante): 1. Inesorabile. Andante con moto; 2. Calmo; 3. Sostenuto; 4. Scorrevole;
5. Prestissimo possibile; 6. Grave; 7. Adagio; 8. Vivo
- IV: 1. Hommage ŕ John Cage; 2. Choral
- V/Vier "in memoriam": 1. ...la mémoire de György Szoltsányi; 2. Hommage tardif ŕ Karskaya; 3. Stiller Abschied von
Endré Székely; 4. In memoriam Thomas Blum
- VI: 1. Antiphone in fis; 2. Hommage ŕ Tristan; 3. Les Adieux
Three Pieces, clarinet and cimbalom, op. 38 (1996)
Three Other Pieces, clarinet and cimbalom, op. 38a (1996)
Miriam Marbé in Memoriam, 3 recorders (1999)
Aus Der Ferne No. 5, string quartet (1999) [In memoriam Alfred Schlee] [included in "Signs, Games and Messages"]
Games and Messages, winds (1984-2001?)
- Capriccio, bass clarinet (1984; rev. 1993)
- Doloroso, flute (1992)
- Hommage ŕ Tristan, English horn and bass clarinet (1993?) [?see movement in "Looking Back/Rückblick", 1993]
- Auf! Schwung! - Jauchzet und frohlocket!, flute (1994) [to Ŕdam Szokolay and Eva]
- Hommage ŕ Johann Sebastian Bach, flute (pre-1995?) [see work for string trio, pub. 2002]
- Versetto (Apokrif Organum), English horn and bass clarinet (1998; rev. 2000)
- Hommage ŕ Elliot Carter, oboe (1998)
- ...Ein Sappho-Fragment..., English horn (1999) [für Heinz Holliger]
- ...aprčs une lecture de Rimbaud..., flute (2001) [ŕ Anne Longuet-Marx]
- In Nomine - all'ongherese, bass clarinet (2001)
- C'erano due Fiori, 2 flutes (????) [in Stanford University Library]
Hommage ŕ Johann Sebastian Bach, violin, viola and cello (pub. 2002) [see work for solo flute in "Games and Messages"]
Six Moments Musicaux, string quartet, op. 44 (1999-2005)
I. INVOCATIO [UN FRAGMENT]
II. FOOTFALLS
III. CAPRICCIO
IV. IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY SEBÔK
IV. … RAPPEL DES OISEAUX… [ÉTUDE POUR LES HARMONIQUES] – Ŕ TABEA ZIMMERMANN
VI. LES ADIEUX (IN JANÁflEKS MANIER)
Triptic, 2 violins, op. 45 (2007)
Brefs messages, 9 instruments, op. 47 (2011)
SIGNS, GAMES AND MESSAGES FOR STRINGS / JELEK, JÁTÉKOK ÉS ÜZENETEK VONÓSHANGSZEREKRE / ZEICHEN, SPIELE UND BOTSCHAFTEN FÜR STREICHER (1989-in progress)
Solo and chamber music for string instruments.
STRING TRIOS
(1) VIRÁG AZ EMBER – MIJAKÓNAK / FLOWERS WE ARE – FOR MIYAKO / BLUMEN DIE MENSCHEN – FÜR MIYAKO (2001)
(2) HOMMAGE Ŕ J. S. B. (1998, 2000)
(3) LIGATURA Y (1995)
(4) PERPETUUM MOBILE (1995)
(5) VIRÁG ZSIGMONDY DÉNESNEK / A FLOWER FOR DÉNES ZSIGMONDY / EINE BLUME FÜR DÉNES ZSIGMONDY
… in memoriam Anneliese Nissen–Zsigmondy (1994, rev. 2005)
(6) JELEK VI / SIGNS VI / ZEICHEN VI (1995)
(7) A VERY SLOW WALTZ FOR WALTER LEVIN
(8) HOMMAGE Ŕ RÁNKI GYÖRGY · PIZZICATO KERINGÔ / PIZZICATO WALTZER (1998)
Also included in → …pas ŕ pas – nulle part… – počmes de Samuel Beckett Op. 36
(9) KROÓ GYÖRGY IN MEMORIAM / GYÖRGY KROÓ IN MEMORIAM (1997)
(10) … FÉERIE D’AUTOMNE… (1993) ”für Hiromi, Ken und Stefan”
KLÁRISOK / BEADS, chorus (1950)
KÓRKÉP ÉS HATTYUDAL, chorus (1978, 1981) [To the poem by János Pilinszky]
Co-composer: György Kurtág junior
MÉMOIRE DE LAĎKA / LAJKA–EMLÉK (1990) [3:23]
for tape (based on sampled and synthesized sounds)
Co-composer: György Kurtág junior
ZWIEGESPRÄCH, string quartet and live electronics (1999-in progress)
SIGNS, GAMES AND MESSAGES FOR STRINGS
VIOLIN SOLOS
(1) CSENDES FOLYÓVÍZNEK (1989, rev. 1998)
Hommage ŕ György Geszler
(2) MESTO, LACRIMOSO (1992) for Tibor Berkovics
(3) ALAN MARKS IN MEMORIAM (1995)
(4) GYÖRGY GESZLER IN MEMORIAM (1998) … Hommage ŕ Irvine 50 (2003)
VIOLA SOLOS
(1) WEIHNACHTSGRUSS AN HEINI / CHRISTMAS GREETING TO HEINRICH FORSTER (1991, rev. 1995, rev. 1998)
(2) MESTO, LACRIMOSO (1992) for Tibor Berkovics
(3) MISTERIOSO–ALTERO (1993, rev. 1998)
II. változat / Version No. 2
(4) SZORONGÓS ÉS VIGASZTALÓS H. J.-NEK – LASSÚ VONÓ-GYAKORLAT /
ANGUISHED AND CONSOLED FOR J. H. – SLOW BOW PRACTICE /
BEKLEMMENDES UND TRÖSTENDES FÜR J. H. – LANGSAME BOGEN–STUDIE (1994)
(5) VIRÁG ZSIGMONDY DÉNESNEK / A FLOWER FOR DÉNES ZSIGMONDY / EINE
BLUME FÜR DÉNES ZSIGMONDY (1994) In memoriam Anneliese Nissen–Zsigmondy
(6) ILLÉS ÁRPÁDNÉ EMLÉKÉRE / IN MEMORIAM MRS. ÁRPÁD ILLÉS (1995, 1996, rev. 1996)
(7) KROÓ GYÖRGY IN MEMORIAM / IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY KROÓ (1997)
(8) … JUST A LEAF AND THEN LEAVES… (1998)
(9) MARLOW: DR. FAUSTUS [OVIDIUS: AMORES I. 13] (2001) for János Demény
CELLO SOLOS
(1) JELEK I (AGITATO) OP 5B / SIGNS I / ZEICHEN I
(2) JELEK II (GIUSTO, VIVO) OP 5B / SIGNS II / ZEICHEN II
(3) JÁNOS PILINSZKY: GÉRARD DE NERVAL (1986, rev. 2000) for Zoltán Kocsis
(4) KROÓ GYÖRGY IN MEMORIAM / IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY KROÓ (1997)
(5) AZ HIT / THE FAITH / DER GLAUBE (1998) from The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza Op. 7
(6) SCHATTEN / ÁRNYAK / SHADOWS (1999)
- Version for cello solo for Miklós Perényi.
- Version for cello and for upright piano with practising pedal (2001-2002)
CELLO SOLOS
(1) Hommage ŕ John Cage – Elakadó szavak / FALTERING WORDS / STOCKENDE WORTE (1987, rev. 1991)
(2) Message–consolation ŕ Christian Sutter (2000) (alio modo – for Stefan Metz)
(3) In memoriam Aczél György / GYÖRGY ACZÉL IN MEMORIAM (1991, rev. 2000) for Stefan Metz
DOUBLE-BASS SOLOS
(1) MESSAGE – CONSOLATION Ŕ CHRISTIAN SUTTER (1999)
(2) SCHATTEN – FOR CHRISTIAN SUTTER / ÁRNYAK / SHADOWS (1999) In preparation.
DOUBLE-BASS SOLOS
(1) EINE BOTSCHAFT AN VALÉRIE… (2000) for Valérie Lavicka [In progress]
STRING DUOS
(1) … SUMMAIA A B. P. MONDASAINAC… / SUMMARY OF THE SAYINGS OF P. B. (1998) for viola and double-bass.
from The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza Op. 7
(2) LIGATURA – HOMMAGE Ŕ YEHUDI MENUHIN (1998), 2 violas, or 2 violins, or violin and/or viola chorus.
(3) HBVVF LFKJI: K/,JDM YF VTCZW… (HOMMAGE Ŕ TRISTAN) (1991) for viola and violoncello, for Judit Horváth.
(4) GRUSS AN ELISABETH UND KASPAR WEBER (1991, rev. 1994) for viola and violoncello.
(5) JÓZSEF ATTILA: A KERTEN / ATTILA JÓZSEF: IN THE GARDEN (1991) for viola and double-bass.
(6) FELHÔ VALÉK, MÁR SÜT A NAP (TÖREDÉK-TÖREDÉK) / I’M A CLOUD, THE
SUN’S SHINING NOW (FRAGMENT OF A FRAGMENT) (1983, 1986, 1991) for viola and violoncello.
(7) GEMITI I SOSPIRI (1978, rev.1986, 1991) for viola and violoncello
(8) VERSETTO (APOKRIF ORGANUM) / (APOCRYPHAL ORGANUM) (1998) for viola and violoncello.
(9) RÁNKI GYÖRGY EMLÉKEZETE / IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY RÁNKI (1992) for viola and double-bass.
(10) AND NEVER PART… (1986, 1993) for viola and violoncello. For László Sarlós.
(11) CZÖVEK ERNA EMLÉKEZETE / IN MEMORIAM ERNA CZÖVEK (1983, rev. 1992, 1993) for viola and double-bass.
(12) LIGATURA Y (1993, rev. 2003) for violin and viola.
(13) HANGZATOK EGYMÁS UTÁN / ONE NOTE AFTER ANOTHER for two violas, “for J. and for H.”.
(14) ROZSNYAI ILONA EMLÉKEZETE / IN MEMORIAM ILONA ROZSNYAI (1997, 1998), viola (or cello) and db.
(15) VIRÁG AZ EMBER – MIJAKÓNAK / FLOWERS WE ARE – FOR MIYAKO (2000)
for violin and violoncello, or violin and viola, or two violins.
(16) FANTÁZIA EGY CSÁNGÓ NÉPDALRA / PHANTASY ON A CSÁNGÓ FOLK SONG (2000) In memoriam Ferenc Farkas.
(17) FANTÁZIA EGY CSÁNGÓ NÉPDALRA… ALIO MODO (2001) for violin and viola. For Hiromi and Ken.
(18) EINE BLUME FÜR TABEA … (2000) for violin and viola.
(19) C’ERANO DUE FIORI… (2001) “a Francesca Camerana Gentile”
version for two cellos (set for Miklós Perényi and Ferenc Ács).
(Original version: for flute and alto flute.)
(20) SZIGORUAN MAGÁNLEVÉL A 80 ÉVESNEK / A STRICTLY PERSONAL LETTER TO THE 80 YEARS OLD (2001)
for violin and viola, for András Szôllôsy.
(21) VIE SILENCIEUSE – FRANZ EMLÉKÉRE / IN MEMORIAM FRANÇOIS SULYOK (2001) for violin and viola.
OTHER STRING SETTINGS (in progress)
(1) AUS DER FERNE NO 3 (ALFRED SCHLEE 90) (1991) for string quartet
(2) AUS DER FERNE NO 5 (ALFRED SCHLEE IN MEMORIAM) (1999) for string quartet
Playing score: Z. 14 240 (on special request)
(3) IRKA-FIRKA SZÜLETÉSNAPRA / DOODLES FOR ANDRÁS MIHÁLY’S BIRTHDAY (1991)
for 2 violins, 2 violas, violoncello and double-bass
(4) … A SZÁZÉVESNEK – HOMMAGE Ŕ JEN? TAKÁCS 100 (2002) for small string orchestra
(5) SINFONIA BREVE PER ARCHI (2004) for small string orchestra.
for Nándor Tóth and the Piccoli Archi di Nyíregyháza. In preparation.
APPENDIX 2
GAMES AND MESSAGES FOR WINDS
UNEDITED PIECES (IN PREPARATION / IN PROGRESS)
FLUTE SOLOS
(1) HOMMAGE Ŕ J. S. B.
(2) DOLOROSO (1992) for the Garzulys (Ferenc Garzuly and Mária Geszler)
(3) AUF! SCHWUNG! – JAUCHZET UND FROHLOCKET! (1994) for “Ádám Szokolay and Éva”
(4) … APRČS UNE LECTURE DE RIMBAUD… (2001) for Anne Longuet-Marx
OBOE AND COR ANGLAIS SOLOS
(1) EINEN AUGENBLICK LANG… (1997-1998) Version for oboe & version for EH Dedicated to Heinz Holliger
(2) KROÓ GYÖRGY IN MEMORIAM / IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY KROÓ (1997-1998) for oboe
(3) HOMMAGE A ELLIOTT CARTER (1998) Version for oboe & version for Cor anglais
(4) AZ HIT / THE FAITH / DER GLAUBE (1998) for oboe from The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza Op. 7
(5) … EIN SAPPHO-FRAGMENT… (1999) for Cor anglais for Heinz Holliger’s birthday
(6) IN NOMINE – ALL‘ONGHERESE (DAMJANICH EMLÉKK?) (2001) for Cor anglais In progress.
CLARINET, BASS CLARINET AND DOUBLE-BASS CLARINET SOLOS
(1) CAPRICCIO (1984, rev. 1993) for bass clarinet for Gellért Tihanyi [temporarily withdrawn]
(2) HOZZÁM MÁR HŰTLEN LETTEK A SZAVAK…/ THE WORDS HAVE UNFAITHFULLY DESERTED ME… (1985, rev. 1993)
for bass clarinet [temporarily withdrawn]
(3) KROÓ GYÖRGY IN MEMORIAM / IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY KROÓ (1997-1998, rev. 2000) for double-bass clarinet (or bass clarinet)
(4) DOLOROSO (1992, 2000) for bass clarinet
(5) SCHATTEN / ÁRNYAK / SHADOWS (2000) for double-bass clarinet (for bass clarinet)
(6) IN NOMINE – ALL‘ONGHERESE (DAMJANICH EMLÉKKÔ) (2001), clarinet or bass cl; or double bass-cl In progress.
BASSOON & CONTRABASSOON SOLOS (in progress)
(1) PILINSZKY JÁNOS: GÉRARD DE NERVAL / JÁNOS PILINSZKY: GÉRARD DE NERVAL FOR BASSOON (1986)
Dedicated to Pascal Galois
(2) KROÓ GYÖRGY IN MEMORIAM / IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY KROÓ (1997-1998, rev. 2000) for basson
(3) SCHATTEN / ÁRNYAK / SHADOWS (2000, 2001) for contrabassoon
WIND DUOS
(1) HBVF LFKJI: K/(JDM YF VTCZW… [RIMMA DALOS: LJUBOV NA MESIATS] (HOMMAGE A TRISTAN)
for cor anglais and bass clarinet
(2) ROZSNYAI ILONA EMLÉKEZETE / IN MEMORIAM ILONA ROZSNYAI (1998) for cor anglais and bass clarinet
(3) VERSETTO (APOKRIF ORGANUM) / VERSETTO (APOCRYPHAL ORGANUM) (1998, rev. 2000) for EH and bass clarinet
(4) … SUMMAIA A B. P. MONDASAINAC … SUMMARY OF THE SAYINGS OF P. B. (1998)
for oboe and double-bass clarinet from The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza Op. 7
(5) … C’ERANO DUE FIORI… (1998) a Francesca Camerana Gentile for flute and bass flute
(6) HOMMAGE Ŕ ELLIOTT CARTER (1998, 2000) for cor anglais and double-bass clarinet
(7) HOMMAGE Ŕ J. S. B. for oboe, double-bass clarinet, upright piano and piano
WIND (OR BRASS) AND STRING DUOS
(1) HBVVF LFKJI: K/,JDM YF VTCZW… [RIMMA DALOS: LJUBOV NA MESIATS] (HOMMAGE A TRISTAN)
for viola and bass clarinet
(2) RÁNKI GYÖRGY EMLÉKEZETE / IN MEMORIAM GYÖRGY RÁNKI (1992) for trumpet and double-bass
(3) VERSETTO (APOKRIF ORGANUM) / VERSETTO (APOCRYPHAL ORGANUM) (1998) for viola and bass clarinet
(4) ROZSNYAI ILONA EMLÉKEZETE / IN MEMORIAM ILONA ROZSNYAI (1998, 2000)
for Cor anglais, double-bass clarinet, upright piano and piano
(5) SCHATTEN / ÁRNYAK / SHADOWS (2000) for double-bass clarinet (bass clarinet) and upright piano
(6) FANFÁR A REKTORNAK! / FANFARE TO THE DEAN (1999) for two trumpets for Yehuda Elkana /In progress.
Instrument and Piano
Three Pieces, violin and piano, op. 14e (1979) [arr. from "Herdecker Eurhythmie", op. 14, part III, 1979]
Panaszos Kérlelő (Plaintive Pleading / Klagendes Anflehen), recorder and piano (1991)
Six Pieces for Trombone and Piano (1999)
Solo Instrument
Jelek, viola, op. 5 (1961) [arr. 1984 for cello]
Five Merrycate, guitar, op. 6 (1962) [op. 6 revoked/withdrawn?; movements published as op. 6c and 6d]
Splinters (4 mvts), cimbalom, op. 6c (1973) [arr. 1978 for piano]
- Molto agitato
- Sostenuto
- Vivo
- Mesto (in memoriam Stefan Romascanu)
[????, op. 6d]
János Pilinsky: Gérard de Nerval, cello (1986)
Mesto, lacrimoso, viola (1992)
Misterioso – altero, viola (1993; rev. 1998)
Szorongňs es vigasztalňs H. J.-nek, viola (1994)
Illés Arpadné emlékére, viola (1996)
Hipartita, violin, op. 43 (2004)
Signs, Games and Messages (24 pieces), cello (or violin; or viola) (1961-2005)
- Signs I (1961; rev. 2005) [1:06]
- Signs II (1961; rev. 2005) [0:32]
- Hommage a John Cage (1987; rev. 1991) [1:41]
- Perpetuum mobile a (1987; rev. 1991) [0:56]
- Perpetuum mobile b (1987; rev. 1991) [1:10]
- Perpetuum mobile c (1987; rev. 1991) [1:03]
- Klagendes Lied (1987; rev. 1991) [1:56]
- Zank-Kromatisch (1987; rev. 1994) [1:03]
- Flapping-slapping (1987; rev. 1991) [0:38]
- Im Volkston (1987-98) [1:04]
- J.H.- Song (1987-98) [1:20]
- The Carenza Jig (1989-97) [0:59]
- …To the exhibition of Sári Gerlóczy (1991) [0:34]
- In memoriam Aczél György (1991-94) [1:18]
- Thomas Blum in memoriam (1992) [2:14]
- Doloroso (1992) [1:42]
- Samuel Beckett: le nain – Hommage a Roland Moser, cello and baritone voice (1994) [1:26]
- Letter to Vera Ligeti (1993-98) [2:29]
- For Imre Földes at 60 (1994) [1:19]
- Silent lines to László Dobszay (1995) [2:31]
- In Nomine – all’ongherese (2001; rev. 2004) [4:39]
- … in memoriam Anneliese Nissen-Zsigmondy (1994; rev.1995) [2:01]
- … eine Blume für Tabea… (2000) [1:11]
- György Kroó in memoriam (1997) [4:56]
Piano/Organ
Suite (4 mvts), piano 4-hands (1950-51)
Eight Piano Pieces, op. 3 (1960)
Splinters (4 mvts), cimbalom, op. 6c (1973) [arr. 1978 for piano]
ELÔ-JÁTÉKOK (PRE–GAMES / VOR–SPIELE), piano (1973–74)
Splinters, piano, op. 6d (1978) [based on "Szálkák", cimbalom, op. 6c]
Transcriptions from Machaut to J.S. Bach, piano 4-hands, piano 6-hands, and 2 pianos (1985)
Three "In Memoriam", piano 1-hand/2-hands/and 3-hands (1988-90)
Ligatura E Versetti (14 interludes), organ (1990)
Játékok (Games), piano (1973-2010) [8-vol. collection; first meant for children, but became personal compositional experiments]
Vocal
The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza (25 mvts), concerto for soprano and piano, op. 7c (1963-68; rev. 1976)
- Vallomás (Confession)
- Bün (Sin)
1. A bűn, mint egy sűrű köd…
2. Az elme szabad állat…
3. Az ördög…
4. Restség az ördög vánkosa
5. Sinfonia
6. Az ganéjt és undok szart…
7. Sinfonia
8. Mint az sok csík a kádban…
9. Sinfonia
10. Ez igék…
- Halál (Death)
1. Sinfonia
2. A halál, mint egy tôr a madarat…
3. Virág az ember
4. Az embernek halála…
5. …virág az ember…
6. Senki nincs oly tudatlan…
7. Miképpen az szép illatú…
8. Tisztességgel így temetjük…
9. Mint az mezei virágok…
- Tavasz (Spring)
1. Az hit nem álom…
2. Valamidôn az napot, holdat…
3. (summaia az B. P. mondasinac)
4. Kikeletkor látjuk…
- Appendix IV. 1, alio modo
In Memory of a Winter Evening/Four Fragments, soprano, violin and cimbalom, op. 8 (1969)
- Az órák most hozzák alakját…
- Vártalak
- Mennyi út van
- Isten veled!
Four Capriccios, soprano and chamber ensemble, op. 9 (1969-70) [text: István Bálint]
- La Dame ŕ la Licorne
- Tour Saint Jacques
- Nyelvlecke
- Ars poetica
Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky, bass voice and ensemble, op. 11 (1973-75)
- Alkohol
- In Memoriam F.M. Dosztojevszkij
- Hölderlin
- Verés (Schläge)
S. K. Remembrance Noise (7 songs), soprano and violin, op. 12 (1974-75) [text: Dezső Tandori]
- A damaszkuszi út (Road to Damascus)
- Kant-emlékzaj (Kant-remembrance noise)
- Két sor a "Tekercs"-böl (Two lines from "Tapes")
- Kavafisz-haiku
- Hogy ki ne jöjjünk a gyakorlatból (So that we never get out of practice)
- A puszta létige szomorúsága (The sadness of the bare copula)
- Les Adieux
Herdecker Eurhythmie (14 pieces), flute, violin, speaker and tenor-lira, op. 14 (1979)
- Book I, flute and tenor-lira, op. 14a [Stille Stücke fur Olga-Maria] [dedicated to Theo Becker und Gerhard Beilharz]
- Eigensinn
- Hommage a J.S.B.
- Blumen die Menschen… (1)
- Zank und Sanftmut
- Blumen die Menschen… (2)
- Appendix: 5/a Blumen die Menschen… (2) [a tre: flute, violin and tenor-lira]
- Book II, violin and tenor-lira, op. 14b [Kleine Erbauliche Konzerte für Theo und Gehard]
- Öd und traurig
- Vivo
- …aus der Ferne…
- Book III, speaker and tenor-lira, op. 14c [To Poems by Ellen Lösch]
- Fall ohne Hall
- an Martha (ein Bild)
- Schneefeld weiß und weit
- In die Schatten meiner Seele
- Appendix: III. 4. alio modo
Messages of the Late R. V. Troussova, song cycle (21 songs), soprano & chamber ensemble, op. 17 (1976-80)[text: Rimma Daloš]
- In a space
- The day has fallen
- Heat
- Two interlaced bodies
- Why should I not squeal like a pig
- Chastushka
- You took my heart
- Great misery
- Pebbles
- A slender needle
- I know my loved one
- Autumn flowers fading
- In you I seek my salvation
- Your disappearances
- Without you
- Love me
- Payment
- A Plaything
- Why did you utter
- In the cloudburst
- For everything (Epilogue)
Scenes from a Novel, song cycel (15 songs), soprano, violin, double bass and cimbalom, op. 19 (1981-82) [text: Rimma Daloš]
- Come
- From Meeting To Parting
- Petition
- Let Me
- Counting Rhyme
- Dream
- Rondo
- Nakedness
- Waltz For Barrel Organ
- Tale
- Again
- Endless Succession Of Sundays
- Visit
- How It Goes
- Epilogue
Attila József Fragments (20 pieces), soprano, op. 20 (1981-82)
- Kásásodik a víz, Kialakúl a jég
- Sokan voltak és körülvettek
- Hétért – magamat kérdem
- Az idô futva terem mint bab
- Költô szerelme szalmaláng
- Én ámulok
- Szólj hát, mit tegyek én, hogy szeress
- A nyárfák közt ezüst habokkal
- Vadász szemünkre lányok térde les
- Tizenöt éve irok költeményt
- Oly lágy az este, mint egy szöllôszem
- Én ámulok
- Segítsetek, hogy meg ne öljem
- Nincs közöm senkihez
- Lesz lágy hús s mellé ifjú karalábé
- Nem! Nem! Kellene kiáltoznom
- A kerten, hallatlan semmit idézve
- Irgalom, édesanyám, mama
- Kásásodik a víz, Kialakúl a jég
- Ének, hajolj ki ajkamon
Hét dal (Seven Songs), soprano and cimbalom, op. 22 (1981) [text: Amy Károlyi (6); Kobayashi Issa (1)]
- Lassan, lassudan (Slowly, o so slowly / Langsam, langsamer)
- Egyensúly (Balance / Gleichgewicht)
- Hol végzôdik? (Where does sound end…? / Wo endet…?) [Korál / Chorale]
- Ajtón lakattal… (With lock on the door / Mit dem Schloss an der Tür…)
- Labirintus (Labyrinth) [Perpetuum mobile]
- Ami megmaradt… [Egy lélek idézése] (What remained… / Was geblieben…)
- Ars poetica
Kafka-Fragmente (28 pieces), soprano and violin, op. 24 (1985-87) [to letters and diary entries of Franz Kafka]
- Part I
1. Die Guten gehen im gleichen Schritt… (The good march in step…/ A jók egyszerre lépnek)
2. Wie ein Weg im Herbst (Like a pathway in autumn / Akár egy ôszi út)
3. Verstecke (Hiding-places / Rejtekek)
4. Ruhelos (Restless / Nyugtalanul)
5. Berceuse I
6. Nimmermehr (Nevermore / Soha többé) [Excommunicatio]
7. „Wenn er mich immer frägt“ (“But he just won’t stop asking me.” /„De ha mindig azt kérdi, miért?”)
8. Es zupfte mich jemand am Kleid (Someone tugged at my clothes / Valaki megrángatta a ruhám)
9. Die weissnäherinnen (The seamsresses / A fehérnemű-varrónôk)
10. Szene am Bashnhof (Scene at the station / Pályaudvar-jelenet)
11. Sonntag, den 19. Juli 1910 (Sunday, 19th July 1910 / 1910. július 19., vasárnap) [Berceuse II - Hommage ŕ Jeney]
12. Meine Ohrmuschel… (My ear… / Fülkagylóm)
13. Einmal brach ich mir das Bein (Once I broke my leg / Egyszer eltörtem a lábam) [Chassidic dance / Khasszida-tánc]
14. Umpanzert (Enarmoured / Páncélban)
15. Zwei Spazerstöcke (Two walking-sticks / Két sétapálca) [Authentisch-plagal / Authentic-plagal / Autentikus-plagális]
16. Keine Rückkehr (No going back / Nincs vissza többé)
17. Stolz (Pride / Büszkeség) [1910/15. November, zehn Uhr / 15th November 1910, 10 o’clock /1910. november 15., tíz óra]
18. Träumend hing die Blume (The flower hung dreamily / Álmodva függött a valóság) [Hommage ŕ Schumann]
19. Nichts dergleichen (Nothing of the kind / Csak ezt ne)
- Part II
1. Der wahre Weg (The true path / Az igaz út) [Hommage-message ŕ Pierre Boulez]
- Part III
1. Haben? Sein? (To have? To be? / Valami? Semmi?)
2. Der Coitus als Bestrafung (Coitus as punishment / A coitus mint büntetés Canticulum Mariae Magdalenae)
3. Meine Festung (My fortrerss / Az én börtöncellám – az én váram)
4. Schmutzig bin ich, Milena… (I am dirty, Milena… / Mocskos vagyok, Milena…)
5. Elendes Leben (Miserable life / Nyomorúságos élet) [Double]
6. Der begrenzte Kreis (The closed circle / A körülhatárolt kör)
7. Ziel, Weg, Zögern (Destination, path, hesitation / A cél, út, habozás)
8. So fest (As tightly / Oly szilárdan)
9. Verstecke (Hiding-places / Rejtekek) [Double]
10. Penetrant Jüdisch (Offensively Jewish / Penetránsan zsidó)
11. Staunnend sahen wir deas grosse Pferd (Amazed, we saw the gret horse / Bámulva láttuk a nagy lovat)
12. Szene in de Elektrischen (Scene on a tram / Jelenet a villamoson)
- Part IV
1. Zu spät (Too late / Már késô) [22. Otober 1913 / 22nd October 1913 / 1913. október 22.]
2. Eine lange Geschichte (A long story / Hosszú történet) [In memoeriam Robert Klein]
3. Aus einem alten Notizbuch (From an old notebook / Egy régi jegyzetfüzet)
4. Leoparden (Leopards / Leopárdok) [In memoriam Joannis Pilinszky]
5. Wiederum, wiederum (Again, again / Újra csak, újra csak)
6. Es blendete uns die Mondnacht… (The moonlit night dazzled us / Vakított minket a holdas éj)
Three Ancient Inscriptions, voice and piano, op. 25 (1986)
- Wijrag thudjad (Flower)
- Transylvanian Szëkely Mangle, 1792 [In memoriam Bálint Endre]
- Sírkereszt a mecseknádasdi temetôben (On a Cross in the cemetery at Mecseknádasd)
Rekviem po drugu (Requiem for a Friend/Beloved) (4 songs), soprano and piano, op. 26 (1986-87) [text: Rimma Daloš]
- Indhold: O Bože moj, kak ticho vdrug… (Oh Lord, how quiet it has grown / O Gott wie plötzlich diese Stille)
- Žestokij romanc (Cruel Love / Eine grausame Romanze)
- Moju silu… (My Strength… / Es war meine Starke)
- Proščaj, moj dorogoj… (Farewell, my Dearest / Gott schütze Dich mein Geliebter) [Hommage a Hugo Wolf]
Hölderlin: An... (A Fragment), tenor and piano, op. 29 (1988–89)
Hölderlin-Gesänge, unaccompanied baritone voice, op. 35a (1993-97) [3rd piece for baritone, trombone and tuba]
- Book I
1. An ... (1994)
2. Im Walde (1993)
3. Gestalt und Geist, baritone, trombone and tuba (1994-96)
4. An Zimmern (1994)
5. Der Spaziergang (1995)
6. Paul Celan: Tübingen, Jänner
- Book II (1994–in progress)
(1) Gestalt und Geist, baritone, trom & tuba [or var. other instr. combinations] (1994-96) [Hommage ŕ Alexander Polzin]
(2) Hälfte des Lebens, 3 baritone voices (1995) [für György Ligeti]
(3) Hälfte des Lebens, baritone solo (1999)
- version 1: noch einmal für György Ligeti (once more for György Ligeti)
- version 2: und wieder einmal für György Ligeti (and once again for György Ligeti)
(4) und wenig wissen… (1995) [dedicated to Adrienne Csengery]
(5) Zwei Fragmente (1996) [Hommage ŕ Rolf Hans]
- Süss ist’s…
- und der Himmel…
(6) Das Angenehme dieser Welt… (1996) [für Vera Ligeti]
(7) Nun versteh’ ich (1996)
- Nun versteh’ ich [Double] (2001) [für Roland Moser]
(8) Brief an die Mutter (1996) [Hommage ŕ Friedrich Cerha 70]
(9) Sehnsucht Und Wünschen, Zwei Fragmente (1997) [für Jan van Vlijmen]
- aus Mnemosyne III
- aus Der Rhein
Fragments from the Scrapbooks of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, soprano and instruments, op. 37 (1996)
... pas ŕ pas - nulle part ..., baritone, string trio and percussion, op. 36 (1993-98) [text: Beckett]
- 1. pas ŕ pas – nulle part
- 2. le nain [Hommage ŕ Roland Moser]
- 3. octave [Message ŕ Pierre Boulez]
- 4. imagine (le tout petit macabre ŕ Ligeti)
- 5. nuit
- 6. écoute-les ŕ Isabelle Kurtág [Hommage ŕ Heinz Holliger]
- 7. d’oů…
- 8. elles viennent… [Hommage ŕ Gösta Neuwirth]
- 9. ręve [Hommage ŕ Henri Pousseur]
- 10. apparitions [ŕ Yehuda Elkana]
- 11. fous… [ŕ Annemarie Brunner]
- 12. fin fond du néant… [Hommage ŕ Erik Satie]
- 13. en face le pire
- 14. inventaire [Hommage ŕ Jan van Vlijmen]
- 15. mouvement
- 16. La calma
- 17. Dieppe [ŕ François Sulyok]
- 18. de pied ferme
- 19. levons l’ancre…
- 20. Sébastien Chamfort: du coeur de l’homme (how hollow…)
- 21. Sébastien Chamfort: sleep…
- 22. Sébastien Chamfort: an indian proverb
- 23. Sébastien Chamfort: « lasciate ogni speranza »
- 24. Sébastien Chamfort: oblivion sweet oblivion…
- 25. Sébastien Chamfort: a shocking case [A little song for Liz Baker…]
- 26. valse [Hommage ŕ Helmuth Lachenmann]
- 27. Intermezzo: Pizzicato-keringô (Pizzicato Valse) [Hommage ŕ Ránki György] [arr. for str trio in "Signs, Games & Messages]
- 28. Sébastien Chamfort: méditation
- 29. Sébastien Chamfort: …une découvert bouleversante…
- 30. Sébastien Chamfort: asking for salve and solace [Hommage ŕ Merran Joy Poplar]
Esterházy Péter: Fancsikó és Pinta (Fragments) – Introduction to the Art of Belcanto, voice and piano/celesta, op. 40 (1999)
Songs to Poems by Anna Achmatova, soprano and ensemble, op. 41 (1997-in progress)
- Pushkin, soprano solo (1997) [dedicated to Natalia Melnikova]
- Aleksandru Bloku (To Aleksandr Blok), soprano solo (1997)
- Plach-Prichitanie, soprano and ensemble (1997) [dedicated to Márta Papp]
- Voronezh, soprano and ensemble (in progress)
Incidental/Film
Egy régi villamos, film score (1960)
Robert és Robert, short film score (1981) [1985?]
Eszmélés, film score (1984)
Tutajosok (Memories of a River/Rafters), film score (1990) [1989?]
Chroniques Hongroises – Magyar krónikák I-II, documentary film score (1991)
Goldberg variációk (Goldberg Variations), film score (1992)
Utrius, film score (1993)
The Stream, short film score (1994)
The Bridge, short film score (1995)
Visszatérés (Kicsi, de nagyon erős 2)/Homecoming (a strong but very powerful 2), film score (1998)
Ős K. (Ancient K), incidental music (1999)
Táncalak (Dancing Figure), documentary film score (2002)
Orfeusz (Orpheus), incidental music (2003)
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Kurtág @ ClassicsOnline
Kurtág @ Discogs
Kurtág @ ECM Records (via Google Advanced Search)
Kurtág @ Furiya Music
Kurtág @ itunes
Kurtág @ Mode Records
Kurtág @ Naxos
Video
Kurtág @ YouTube
Kurtág @ ClassicalTV
Kurtág @ Google Video
Kurtág @ Vimeo (via Google Advanced Search)
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Kurtág on Kurtág: At Teatro La Fenice, 2009 (in French) (VIDEO)
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