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

Pictures of Rural Hungary - Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 32/b


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Ruralia Hungarica - Fünf Stücke für Orchester Op. 32/b
Foreign language / English title
Pictures of Rural Hungary - Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 32/b
Year of composition
1924

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (III. anche picc.), 2 ob., c.ing., 3 cl. (II. anche picc.in Mi.b., III. anche picc. in La e Si.b.), 2 fg., cfg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (tmb.picc, trg., gr.c., ptti., tam-tam, xil.) - arpa, cel. - strings
Duration
25 min

Premiere information
16th November 1924, Budapest
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 2794; Rózsavölgyi, 1925
Recordings
Hungaroton White Label 121, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.), 1989
1 min. sample
1 Ruralia Hungarica Op. 32b