10. “Gloomy Sunday:” The Hungarian “Suicide Hymn” between the Myths and Interpretations

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1. Rezső Seress, “Szomorú Vasárnap” (Gloomy Sunday)

 

Written by: László Jávor.
Composed by: Rezső Seress.
Performed by: Pál Kalmár.

 

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2. Billie Holiday, “Gloomy Sunday”

 

Written by: Sam Lewis.
Composed by: Rezső Seress.
Performed by: Eleanora Fagan Gough.

 

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3. Genesis, “In the Beginning”

 

Composed by: Rezső Seress.
Performed by: Anthony Phillips, Michael Rutherford, John Silver, Peter Gabriel, Anthony Banks.

 

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4. Damia, “Sombre Dimanche”

 

Written by: F. Eugène Gonda*.
Composed by: Jean Marèze, Rezső Seress.
Performed by: Marie-Louise Damien.

 

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