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Kurtag, Gyorgy

Kurtag, György

Orchestral and large ensemble

• Va Conc., 1953-4

• 24 Antiphonae, op.10, orch, 1970-71, inc., unpubd, withdrawn

• Pf Conc., op.21, 1982, inc.

• Stele, op.33, large orch, 1994

• Üzenetek op.34 [Messages], orch, , 1991-6, part adapted as Epilog (Ite missa est), mixed chorus, orch, 1995 [movt 14 of Requiem der Versöhnung, collab. Berio, Cerha, Dittrich and others]

• Új üzenetek [New Messages], op.34a, orch, 1998- 
  

Choral

• Klárisok [Beads] (A. József), 1950

• Táncdal [Dance-Song] (S. Weöres), children's chorus, pf, 1952, withdrawn

• Omaggio a Luigi Nono op.16 (A. Akhmatova, R. Dalos), , 1979, rev. 1985

• Pesni unïniya i pechali op.18 [Songs of Despair and Sorrow] (M. Lermontov, A. Blok, S. Yesenin, O. Mandelstam, Akhmatova, M. Tsvetayeva), mixed chorus, chbr ens, 1980-94

• 8 Choruses op.23 (D. Tandori), 1981-2, rev. 1984 

Vocal music

• Koreai kantáta [Korean Cant.] (K. Kotzián), B, mixed chorus, orch, 1952-3

• Dalok Vasvári István verseire [Songs to Poems by István Vasvári], Bar, pf, 1955, unpubd, withdrawn

• 4 Capriccios (I. Bálint), op.9, S, chbr orch, 1959-70, rev. 1993

• Bornemisza Péter mondásai op.7 [The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza] , S, pf, 1963-8, rev. 1976

• Egy téli alkony emlékére , op.8 [In Memory of a Winter Sunset] (P. Gulyás),, S, vn, cimb, 1969

• 4 dal Pilinszky János verseire , op.11 [4 Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky],, B-Bar, chbr ens, 1975 [nos.1-3 arr. B-Bar, pf, as op.11a, 1986]

• Eszká emlékzaj , op.12 [S.K. Remembrance Noise] (D. Tandori),, S, vn, 1975

• Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy , op.17 [Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova] (R. Dalos),, S, ens, 1976-80

• Herdecker Eurythmie op.14a-c (E. Lösch), spkr, fl, vn, t lyre, , 1979

• Stsenï iz romana , op.19 [Scenes from a Novel] (R. Dalos),, S, vn, db, cimb, 1979-82

• József Attila-töredékek , op.20 [Attila József Fragments], S, 1981 

• 7 dal , op.22 [7 Songs] (A. Károlyi, Kobayashi Issa, trans. Tandori),, S, cimb/pf, 1981

• Il pleut sur la ville (T. Gautier), S, pf, 1981-91, unpubd

• Rekviyem po drugu , op.26 [Requiem for the Beloved] (Dalos), S, pf, 1982-7

• Kafka-Fragmente, op.24, S, vn, 1985-7

• Három régi felirat , op.25, [3 Old Inscriptions] (Hung. trad., other inscriptions) S, pf, 1986-7

• Friedrich Hölderlin: An …, op.29, T, pf, 1988-9, version for 1v, op.29a

• Siklós István tolmácsolásában Beckett Sámuel üzeni Monyók Ildikóval: mi is a szó? op.30a [Samuel Beckett Sends Word through Ildikó Monyók in the Translation of István Siklós: What is the Word?] (Samuel Beckett: What is the Word), op.30a , S, pf, 1990 

• Beckett Sámuel: mi is a szó? op.30b [Samuel Beckett: What is the Word] , A spkr, SATBarB, chbr ens, 1991

• Üzenetek op.34 [Messages], orch, , 1991-6, part adapted as Epilog (Ite missa est), mixed chorus, orch, 1995 [movt 14 of Requiem der Versöhnung, collab. Berio, Cerha, Dittrich and others]

• Friedrich Hölderlin: Im Walde, op.29/2, 1v, 1993

• Hölderlin-Gesänge, op.35, 1-3 Bar, opt. trbn, tuba, 1993-7

•  … pas à pas - nulle part … , op.36 (Beckett), B, str trio, perc, 1993-7

• Einige Sätze aus den Sudelbüchern Georg Christoph Lichtenbergs, op.37, Bar, insts, 1996-8, version for S, db, op.37a, 1999

• Esterházy Péter: Fancsikó és Pinta , op.40 [Péter Esterházy: Fancsikó and Pinta],, S, upright pf, cel, 1999 
  

Chamber music

• Suite, pf duet, 1950-51

• Str Qt, op.1, 1959

• Wind Qnt, op.2, 1959

• 8 Duos, op.4, vn, cimb, 1961

• Transcriptions from Machaut to J.S. Bach, pf duet, pf 6 hands, 2 pf, 1973-91

• In memoriam Zilcz György, 2 tpt, 2 trbn, tuba, 1975

• Hommage à Mihály András (12 Microludes for Str Qt), op.13, 1977

• A kis csáva [The Little Predicament], op.15b, pic, trbn, gui, 1978

• Grabstein für Stephan, op.15c, gui, ens, 1978-9, rev. 1989

• 3 pezzi, op.14e, vn, pf, 1979

• 6 Bagatelles, op.14d, fl, db, pf, 1981 [arr. from Játékok]

• 13 Pieces from Játékok, 2 cimb, 1982

• … quasi una fantasia …, op.27/1, pf, vc, 2 chbr ens, 1987-8

• Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky, op.28, str qt, 1988-9 

• Ligatura: Message to Frances-Marie (The Answered Unanswered Question), op.31b, (vc 2 bows)/(2 vc, 2 vn, cel), 1989 [solo version op.31a withdrawn]

• Op. 27 No. 2 (Double Concerto), pf, vc, 2 chbr ens, 1989-90

• Jelek, játékok és üzenetek [Signs, Games and Messages], vn, va, vc, db in various combinations as solos, duos, trios, qts, 1989-97

• Hommage à R. Sch., op.15d, cl, va, pf, 1990

• Aus der Ferne III, str qt, 1991

• Életút , op.32 [Curriculum vitae], 2 pf, 2 basset hn, 1992

• Rückblick (Altes and Neues für 4 Spieler), tpt, db, kbds, 1993

• 3 pezzi, op.38, cl, cimb, 1996

• 3 altri pezzi, op.38a, cl, cimb, 1996 

Solo instrumental

• Suite, pf, 1943, unpubd; untitled piece, pf, 1958, unpubd, withdrawn

• 8 Pf Pieces, op.3, 1960

• Jelek , op.5 [Signs] va, 1961, rev. 1992

• Jelek, op.5b, vc, 1961-99

• Cinque merrycate, op.6, gui, 1962; unpubd, withdrawn

• Szálkák , op.6c [Splinters], cimb, 1973

• Elo-Játékok [Pre-Games], pf, 1973-4

• Játékok, pf, 1st ser., 1975-9

• untitled pieces, op.15, gui, 1976-7, unpubd, withdrawn

• Szálkák , op.6d [Splinters], pf, 1978

• Játékok, pf, 2nd ser., 1979-98

• Pilinszky János: Gérard de Nerval, op.5b, vc, 1986

• 3 In memoriam, pf 1-3 hands, 1988-90

• Ligature e versetti, org, 1990

• Jelenetek fuvolára , op.39 [Scenes for Flute], 1999 

Electo-acoustic music

• Lajka-emlék [In Memory of Layka], tape, 1990, collab. G. Kurtág jr

• Zwiegespräch, str qt, live elecs, 1999, collab. G. Kurtág jr 
  

Principal publishers

• Editio Musica Budapest