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Fünf Stücke / Five Pieces

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Fünf Stücke
Foreign language / English title
Fünf Stücke / Five Pieces
Subtitle
For piano four hands
Year of composition
1951
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
pf. (4 hands)
Duration
10 min
Movements, parts
I. Induló (Marsch / March), Allegro (1942)
II. Polifón etüd (Polyphone Etüde / Polyphonic Etude), Allegro comodo (1943)
III. Három lakodalmi tánc (Drei Hochzeitstänze / Three Wedding Dances) (1950)
1. Kapuban a szekér [Der Karren steht vor dem Tor / The Cart Is at the Gate], Allegro
2. Hopp ide tisztán [Komm schnell her, und sei schön / Quickly Come Here Pretty], Andantino
3. Csángó forgós [Drehtanz / Circling Dance] Allegro
IV. Sonatina (1950)
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Vivace
V. Allegro (1943)
Premiere information
2 August 1986, Schloss Hohenems, Bregenzer Festspiele; Begoña Uriarte, Karl-Hermann Mrongovius (pf.) (Mov III & IV)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, Mainz © 1999, ED 7955, 47425
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Recordings
Sony 62307 - Irina Kataeva, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pf.)
KC Bis 500 983, TACET 129 (2 CDs) - Fredrik Ullén (pf.)(playback)
1 min. sample
1 I. March
2 II. Polyphonic Etude
3 III. Three Wedding Dances
4 IV. Sonatina
5 V. Allegro
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1942 - 1951

Also see the 5 pieces as individual ones:
Induló
Polifón etüd
Három lakodalmi tánc
Sonatina
Allegro
 

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