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Drei Hochzeitstänze / Three Wedding Dances

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Három lakodalmi tánc
Foreign language / English title
Drei Hochzeitstänze / Three Wedding Dances
Year of composition
1950
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
pf. 4 hands
Duration
3 min
Movements, parts
1. A 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
Premiere information
2 August 1986, Schloss Hohenems, Bregenzer Festspiele, Austria; Begoña Uriarte, Karl-Hermann Mrongovius (pf.)
Publisher / Source
In: Fünf Stücke, Schott Music, ED 7955
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1 min. sample
1 Three Wedding Dances
Remarks, other info
Frequently included as part of Fünf Stücke
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
György Ligeti Edition 6 - Keyboard Works Sony
BIS Records
Dynamic
BIS Records