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Title of the work

Five Songs, Op. 15, BB 71

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Öt dal, Op. 15, BB 71
Foreign language / English title
Five Songs, Op. 15, BB 71
Subtitle
For voice and piano
Year of composition
1916
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
solo voice - pf.
Duration
15 min
Movements, parts
1. Tavasz: Az én szerelmem / Spring: My Love
2. Nyár: Szomjasan vágyva / Summer
3. A vágyak éjjele / Night of Desire
4. Tél: Színes álomban / Winter: In Vivid Dreams
5. Ősz: Itt lent a völgyben / Autumn: In the Valley
Text
GOMBOSSY, Klára; GLEIMANN, Wanda
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
First performance probably for recording, Magda László (voice), Leonid Hambro (pf.) (Bartók Records BR 927, 1958)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition © 1961, UE13150 L.
Universal Edition © 1991, UE13150 L.
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Recordings
Bartók Records BR 927, 1958 - Magda László (voice), Leonid Hambro (pf.)
Remarks, other info
After the poems by Klára Gombossy (Mov. I-II. and IV-V) and by Wanda Gleimann (Mov. III)