The magic cupboard / Der Wunderschrank
concert-overture from the opera The magic cupboard for orchestra
Composed: | 1942 | ||
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Durata: | 6' | ||
Setting: | 2, 2, 2, 2 – 4, 3, 3, 1 – timp., batt. – arpa, cel., vibr.(ad lib.) – archi | ||
Publication: | Editio Musica Budapest + Universal Edition | ||
Reworking: | Overture to a comedy for orchestra, 1928 The magic cupboard, opera |
English
The comic opera entitled “The Magic Cupboard” meant a turning-point in the career of Ferenc Farkas who was ranked among the most remarkable Hungarian composers of the time after the work's highly acclaimed premiere in 1942.
Ever since his years of study at the Academy of Music (1923-27) Farkas had in mind to set to music one of the tales of “The Arabian Nights”. He finally found in 1938 one librettist in the person of Gyula Kunszery.
Farkas worked on the opera during four years, mainly in the summer months. The extremely witty, funny text, ornate with smoothly-running verses lent wings to the composer who, furthermore, had already gathered abundant experiences with stage by then. The creation of the opera took place in 1942 at the Königlischen Openhaus in Budapest.
See also : The magic cupboard, opera
Deutsch
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Français
« L'Armoire magique » de Ferenc Farkas constitue un tournant dans la carrière du compositeur : après sa création en 1942, Farkas est compté parmi les meilleurs compositeurs de son temps.