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Scores

LL = score available in Langson library

Electronic

Glissandi for tape (1957)

Piéce électronique no. 3 for tape (1958)

Artikulation for tape (1958)

Keyboard

Five pieces for piano four hands (1942-43)
Polifon etüd (Polyphonic étude) and Tréfás induló (Funny march)
Three Wedding marches

Capricci Nos. 1 and 2 for piano (1947)

Invention for piano (1948)

Sonatina for piano (1950)

Musica Ricercata for piano (1951-53)
I. Sostenuto-Misurato-Prestissimo
II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale
III. Allegro con spirito
IV. Tempo di valse (à l'orgue de Barbarie)
V. Rubato lamentoso
VI. Allegro molto capriccioso
VII. Cantabile, molto legato
VIII. Vivace, energico
IX. (Béla Bartók in Memoriam) Adagio Mesto-Allegro Maestoso
X. Vivace. Capriccioso
XI. (Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi) Andante misurato e tranquillo

Ricercare Omaggio a Frescobaldi for organ (1953)

Volumina for organ (1961)

Trois Bagatelles for David Tudor (1961) LL

Continuum for harpsichord (1968)

Two Etudes for Organ (1969) LL
Harmonies
Coulée

Three Pieces for Two Pianos (1976) LL
I. “Monument,”
II. “Selbstportrait mit Reich und Riley (und Chopin ist auch dabei),”

III. “Bewegung”

Hungarian Rock for harpsichord (1978)

Passacaglia Ungherese for harpsichord (1978)

Études for Piano, Book I (1985) LL
I. Désordre
II. Touches bloquées
III. Cordes à Vide
IV. Fanfares
V. Arc-en-ciel
VI. Automne à Varsovie

Études for Piano, Book II (1988-94)
VII. Galamb borong
VIII. Fém
IX. Vertige
X. Der Zauberlehrling
XI. En suspens
XII. Entrelacs early sketch
XIII. L’escalier du diable
XIV. Columna infinita

Études for Piano, Book III (1995-2001) LL
XV. White on White
XVI. Pour Irina
XVII. À bout de soufflé
XVIII. Canon

Chamber

Három Weöres-dal (Three Weöres Songs; 1946-47) LL
text
I. Gyümölcs-fürt (A Bunch of fruit)
II. “Táncol a Hold” (The Moon Dances)
III. Kalmár jött nagy madarakkal, Lento (merchant with great birds)

Baladâ si joc (Ballad and dance for two violins, 1950)

Andante and allegretto for string quartet (1950) LL

Romanian concerto for orchestra (1951) LL

Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet (MR nos. III, II, VII, VIII, IX, X, 1953) LL
I, II, III, IV, V, VI

Metamorphoses nocturnes (String Quartet No. 1) (1953-54)

Aventures for three singers and seven instrumentalists (1962)

Nouvelles Aventures for three singers and seven instrumentalists (1962-65)
I. Sostenuto
II. Agitato molto

String Quartet No. 2, (1968)
I, II, III, IV, V

10 Pieces for Wind Quintet (1968) LL

Horn Trio (1982) LL
I. Andantino
II. Vivacissimo
III. Alla marcia
IV. Lamento. Adagio

Hommage à Hilding Rosenberg for violin and violoncello (1982)

Mysteries of the Macabre three arias from Le Grande Macabre for trumpet and piano (arr. Elgar Howarth) (1988) LL

Sonata for Solo Viola (1994) LL
I. Hora Lunga
II. Loop
III. Facsar
IV. Presto con sordino
V. Presto luminoso
VI. Chaconne

Síppal, doppal, nádihegedüvel (With pipes, drums, fiddles, 2000) LL
I. Fabula
II. Táncdol
III. Kínai templom
IV. Kuli
V. Alma, álma
VI. Keseredés
VII. Szajkó

Orchestral

Apparitions for orchestra (1958-59) LL

Atmosphéres for large orchestra without percussion (1961) LL

Fragment for chamber orchestra (1961)

Lontano for orchestra (1967) LL

Ramifications for double string orchestra (1968-69) LL

Melodien for chamber orchestra (1971) LL

San Francisco Polyphony for orchestra (1974)

Concerti

Concerto for Violincello (1966) LL
I. 6'55"
II. 7'27"

Chamber Concerto for 13 instruments (1969-70) LL
I, II, III, IV

Double Concerto (1972) LL
I. “Calmo, con tenerezza,”
II. “Allegro corrente”

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1985-88) LL
I. Vivace molto ritmico e preciso
II. Lento e deserto
III. Vivace Cantabile
IV. Allegro risoluto, molto ritmico
V. Presto luminoso

Violin concerto (1990-92) LL
I. Praeludium
II. Aria, hoquetus
III. Intermezzo
IV. Passacaglia. Lento intenso
V. Apassionato: Agitato molto

Hamburg concerto (1998/99, 2003) LL
I. Praeludium
II. Signale, Tanz, Choral
III. Aria, Aksak, Hoketus
IV. Solo, Intermezzo, Mixtur, Kanon
V. Spectra
VI. Capriccio
VII. Hymnus

Choral

Idegen földon (Far From Home; 1946)
I. Siralmas nékem (Life is so dreary)
II. Egy fekete holló (A dark raven)
III. Vissza ne nézz (Once the forest)

IV. Fjdogál a nyári szél (Summer sends a gentle breeze)

Magány (Solitude; 1946)

Bujdosó (The Fugitive; 1946)

Two canons
Ha folyóvíz volnék (If I were river water,1947)
Pletykázo Asszonyok (Gossiping women, 1952)

Inaktelki nóták (Tunes from Inaktelke) (1953)

Pápainé (Widow Papai) (1953)

Éjszaka/ (Night) & Reggel (Morning) for mixed chorus (1955) LL

Requiem (1963-65) LL
Introit
Kyrie
Die judicii sequentia
Lacrymosa

Lux Aeterna for 16 voices (1966) LL

Clocks and Clouds (1972-73)

Three Phantasies on poems by Hölderlein (1982) LL
I. Hälfte des Lebens
II. Wenn aus des Ferne
III. Abendphantasie

Magyar Etüdök (1983) LL
I. Canon-Miroir
II. Étude
III. Vásár

Nonsense Madrigals, for 6 male voices (1988-93)
I. Two Dreams and Little Bat
II. Cuckoo in the Pear Tree
III. The Alphabet
IV. Flying Robert
V. The Lobster Quadrille
VI. A Long, Sad Tale

Other

Poème symphonique for 100 metronomes (1962)

Le Grande Macabre (1974-77; rev 1996)