Stele Op.33 Score
for large orchestra
by Gyorgy Kurtag
Score - Sheet Music

Symphonic Works

SKU: HL.50486385

For large orchestra. Composed by Gyorgy Kurtag. Contemporary Music. EMB. Concert. Score. Op.33. 40 pages. Duration 13'. Editio Musica Budapest #Z14060. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (HL.50486385).

ISBN 9781423419792. UPC: 884088108335. 11.5x16.25x0.145 inches. Gyorgy Kurtag.

Stele for large orchestra was commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker and has been dedicated to and premiered by Claudio Abbado and the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1994, in Kurtag's second year of staying at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. The grave stone or memorial stone, that Stele actually means is for the Hungarian composer and conductor Andras Mihaly (1917-1993). Mihaly taught chamber music (perticularly masterclasses for string quartets) at the Academy of Music in Budapest. He was one of the most influential teachers of the era and Kurtag regularly attended his classes. From Andras Mihaly he got lifetime inspiration both as a composer and teacher. The core movement of Stele is the third one, based on an earlier work for piano solo "In memoriam Andras Mihaly", composed immediately after Mihaly's death, published as the last piece of the sixth volume of Games.