SKU: HL.50601100

ISBN 9790080150689. 8.25x11.5 inches. Hungarian, English. Mate Balogh; Attila Jozsef; Zsuzsa Kiss N.

“The Young Wives' Song, written in 1925 by Attila Jozsef (1905-1937) is a poem I found accidentally in the summer of 2010. It struck me on reading it that it can have two different meanings: a positive and a tragic resonance. By employing different singing techniques, I compiled and set to music the lines of verse, so that sometimes one meaning, sometimes the other comes to the fore. I was just 20 when I wrote the piece, just as Attila Jozsef was when he wrote the poem.” –Mate Balogh. The full duration of the song is approximately 5 minutes. It was premiered by Boglárka Terray on 2 October 2010, in Budapest. Hungarian Text.