Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Zwanzig leichte kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 27 / Twenty Easy Little Piano Pieces, Op. 27


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Húsz könnyű kis zongoradarab, Op. 27
Foreign language / English title
Zwanzig leichte kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 27 / Twenty Easy Little Piano Pieces, Op. 27
Dedication
For the Young Pianists
Year of composition
1948

Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
12 min

Movements, parts
1. Elment a tyúk vándorolni / The Hen Has Gone Wandering
2. Ez a kislány gyöngyöt fűz / This Girl Is Linking Beads
3. Királykisasszony / Princess
4. Érik a ropogós cseresznye / The Crisp Cherry Is Ripening
5. A part alatt / Under the Shore
6. Én istenem, minek élek? / My God, Why Do I Live?
7. Szomorú fűzfának harminchárom ága / Thirty-three Branches of the Willow
8. Tücsöklakodalom / Cricket Wedding
9. Udvaromon hármat fordult a kocsi / The Cart Has Turned Three Times on My Court
10. Esik az eső / It´s Raining
11. Este van már / Night Has Fallen
12. El kéne indulni / I Should Set Off
13. Kelj fel, juhász / Wake Up, Shepherd
14. Elmentek a cigányok / The Gipsies Have Left
15. Szeretnék szántani / I Would Like to Plough
16. Béres legény, jól megrakd a szekeret / Vassal, Pile the Cart Well
17. Déva vára / Castle of Déva
18. Ludasjáték / Game
19. Aj, Istenem, hogy búsulok / My God, How Sad I Am
20. Egy nagyórú bóha / Big Nosed Flea

Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1951, Z. 58
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 32115, 2003 - István Kassai (pf.)
1 min. sample
1 I. The Hen Has Gone Wandering
2 II. This Girl Is Linking Beads
3 III. Princess
4 IV. The Crisp Cherry Is Ripening
5 V. Under the Shore
6 VI. My God, Why Do I Live?
7 VII. Thirty-three Branches of the Willow
8 VIII. Cricket Wedding
9 IX. The Cart Has Turned Three Times on My Court
10 X. It´s Raining
11 XI. Night Has Fallen
12 XII. I Should Set Off
13 XIII. Wake Up, Shepherd
14 XIV. The Gipsies Have Left
15 XV. I Would Like to Plough
16 XVI. Vassal, Pile the Cart Well
17 XVII. Castle of Déva
18 XVIII. Goose game
19 XIX. My God, How Sad I Am
20 XX. Big Nosed Flea
Remarks, other info
Hungarian Children-, and Folksongs

Arrangements available for Violin and Piano (Chamber Music), and for Guitar (Solo)

See also:
Twenty Easy Little Pieces

Twenty Short Pieces for Guitar