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• Contribution to the Cantatas on the Anniversary of the Galley Slaves’ Liberation

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  Sándor Berkesi

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  New Hungarian choral works were born on another jubilee, i.e., on the 300th anniversary of
  the Protestant galley slaves’ liberation. They are the ‘little sisters’ of the oratorio Budavári
  Te Deum, these cantatas are in the order of their completion: Sándor Szokolay: Cantata to
  the Memory of the Galley Slaves, Lajos Vass: Furor Bestiae, Zoltán Gárdonyi: Memento.
  Composers use the text written by Ferenc Otrokocsi Fóris and other galley slaves who
  records the story of his deportation, sufferings and liberation. The last two pieces of music
  were composed in October 1975 and dedicated to the choir ‘Kántus’ of the Reformed
  College of Debrecen. Their world premiere took place on 11 February 1976 in the Reformed
  Great Church in Debrecen, in the framework of festivities dedicated to the anniversary of
  the liberation of the galley slaves, the conductor was the writer of this article.