Pál Rózsa (1946– )
The composition bows to the memory of those victims who were shot dead by the Fascists, and their bodies pushed into the river Danube. The final urge to write it came from the group of statues by Iván Andressew called by the same name as the title of a haiku:
"Their shoes on the riverbank
It was not Death
But men who killed them
For fun, voluntarily."
The duet is for violin and viola, the instruments played by Katalin Kokas and Barnabás Kelemen, whose support was a stimulus to writing it. It consists of four movements performed without a break, their mood – as desired by the composer – elegiac, conforming to the tragedy. The piece lasts 10 minutes. (Score and parts)
