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Letter to Hungary
for string orchestra
Swirly Music
San Francisco, CA
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Michael Kaulkin
Letter to Hungary
for string orchestra
Instrumentation
Violin I (div. in 4)
Violin II (div. in 4)
Violas (div. In 4)
Cellos (div. in 3)
Basses (div. in 2)
Duration: 15 minutes
Swirly Music
San Francisco, CA
SWM-004
Michael Kaulkin
Letter to Hungary
for string orchestra
Program Note
Letter to Hungary
for string orchestra
Madárka, madárka
Csácsogó madárka
Vidd el a levelem,
Vidd el a level
Szép magyar hazámba
Ha kérdi, ki küldte,
Mondd csak, hogy az küldte
Kinek bánatában
Szíve fájdalmában
Meghasad a szíve
— Hungarian folksong
If she asks who sent it, tell her it is from one with a broken
heart.”
— translation, Michael Kaulkin
Commissioned by the Hungarian Chamber Symphony Orchestra
Alberto Santana, Music Director
Letter To Hungary
Adagio Michael Kaulkin
(2005)
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