The 7th volume of Kurtág's outstanding piano miniatures includes 34 of his personal musical notes, messages composed between 1994 and 2002.
Just as in the case of the earlier volumes Kurtág dedicates most of these pieces to members of his artistic and intellectual circle of friends, although some of them are homages. 'Hommage á Berényi Ferenc 70' is originally written for cimbalom, but can be played on the piano as well.
Some works are intended for an upright piano with harp pedal.
For Kurt Wöllfel’s birthday
For Georg Kröll’s birthday
Un brin de bruyere a Witold - in memoriam Witold Lutoslawski
For Marianne Teöke
Egy igaz ember emlékére - Szunyogh István in memoriam
...and once again: Shadow-play
Hommage a Farkas Ferenc 90
Fugitive thoughts about the Alberti bass
Aus der Ferne IV - Hommage a Alfred Schlee95
All’ongherese - Hommage a Gösta Neuwirth
In memoriam Edison Denisov
...aus tiefer Not... - un message a Madeleine Santchi 80
Studie zur Büchners “Lenz” - a Luigi Pestalozza
A flower for Márta
Hymemaeus - für Susanne und Mark Sattler
Ligatura for Ligeti
Hommage a Berényi Ferenc 70
Waltz (2) [Revised version of the same piece of Book 2]
...de már elfelejtettem... - Hommage a Rozsnyai Mária
In memoriam Ilona Rozsnyai
...si inca duoa cuvinte lui Anatol... - In amintirea lui Anatol Vieru
...eine Blume für Ulrike Schuster...
Hommage a Hanny Brunner-Pohl
*** - [Mártáról mesélek anyámnak]
In memoriam Attila Bozay
Virág az ember... - Mijakónak
Hommage a Beatrice Stein
Hommage a Pierre Boulez
...emlékek, kicsi ólomkatonák... - Mártának X. 1-re
Johan van der Keuken in memoriam - Csalog Gábornak
Rodica lui Ionescu - Marta lui Kurtág - 2001. X. 1-re
Geburtstagsgruss für Nuria [...etwas verspätet...]
Merran’s Dream (Caliban detecting-rebuilding Mirranda’s dream)
Genre: Contemporary Hungarian Works
Length: 58 pages
First published: February 2003
