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Title of the work

Hungarian Folk Songs, No. 1-10, BB 42

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Magyar népdalok, No. 1-10, BB 42
Foreign language / English title
Hungarian Folk Songs, No. 1-10, BB 42
Subtitle
For voice and piano
Year of composition
1906
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
solo voice - pf.
Duration
13 min
Movements, parts
1. Elindultam szép hazámbul / I Left My Fair Homeland
2. Által mennék én a Tiszán ladikon / I Would Cross the Tisza in a Boatbr> 3. Fehér László lovat lopott / László Fehér Stole a Horsebr> 4a. A gyulai kert alatt / Behind the Garden of Gyulabr> 4b. A kertmegi kert alatt / Behind the Garden of Kertmegbr> 5. Ucca, ucca, ég az ucca / The Street Is on Firebr> 6. Ablakomba, ablakomba / In My Window Shone the Moonlightbr> 7. Száraz ágtól messze virít a rózsa / From the Withered Branch No Rose Bloomsbr> 8. Végigmentem a tárkányi / I Walked to the End of the Great Streetbr> 9. Nem messze van ide kis Margitta / Not Far from Here Is Kis Margittabr> 10. Szánt a babám / My Love Has Gone Ploughing
Text
Folk song(s)
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
Rózsavölgyi © 1938, Z. 1584

Editio Musica Budapest © 1953, 1175
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Recordings
Pyramid 13509; Hungaroton HCD-31933; EMI 55031; Hungaroton HCD-41002
Remarks, other info
No. 11-20: compositions of Zoltán Kodály