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Romanian Folk Dances, BB 76

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Román népi táncok, BB 76
Foreign language / English title
Romanian Folk Dances, BB 76
Subtitle
For small orchestra
Year of composition
1917
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor. - strings: 8 vl. 1, 8 vl. 2, 6 vla., 4 vlc., 4 cb.
Duration
6 min
Movements, parts
1. Jocul cu bata (Bot tánc / The Dance with the Rod)
2. Braul
3. Pe loc (Topogó / The Stomper)
4. Buciumeana (Bucsumi tánc / The Dance of the Butschumers)
5. "Poarga" romaneasca (Román "polka" / Romanian "Polka")
6. Maruntelul (Aprozó / Fast Dance)
Premiere information
1 February 1918, Budapest; Budapest Orchestral Society [Budapesti Zenekar-Egyesület], Emil Lichtenberg (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition © 1922, UE6545 [© renewed 1949 by Boosey & Hakes]
Universal Edition © 1991, UE6545
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-41002
Remarks, other info
Trascription of BB 68
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Béla Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete Ballet); Hungarian Peasant Songs; Roumanian Folk Dances Philips
Bartók, Béla: Suite No. 2 / Rumanian Dance / Rumanian Folk Dances / Dance Suite Hungaroton
Solo Musica
Marco Polo (Naxos)
Arco Diva
Oehm Classics
SWR Classic
Hungaroton