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

Rhapsody ("premiere version"), Op. 1, BB 36a


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Rapszódia ("premiere version"), Op. 1, BB 36a
Foreign language / English title
Rhapsody ("premiere version"), Op. 1, BB 36a
Subtitle
For piano
Dedication
to Emma Gruber
Year of composition
1904

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

Movements, parts
One movement

Premiere information
25 May 1925, Újpest, Budapest, Hungary; Béla Bartók (pf.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1955, Z. 1971
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-41002; Philips 464639; Pierian 0016
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Bartók, Béla: Rhapsodies No.1 and No.2; Piano Quintet Naxos
Hungaroton
Naxos
Naxos
Oehm Classics
Naxos