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Slovak Folk Songs, BB 77

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Tót népdalok, BB 77
Foreign language / English title
Slovak Folk Songs, BB 77
Subtitle
For male chorus
Year of composition
1917
Type
Male choir
Instrumentation
male choir
Duration
5 min
Movements, parts
1. Ej, posluchajte málo / Hey, Listen Now My Comrades
2. Ked´ja smutny pojdem / If I Must Go to the War
3. Kamarádi moj / War Is In Our Land
4. Ej, a ked´mna zabiju / Ah, If I Fall in Battle
5. Ked´som siou na vojnu / To Battle I Went Forth
Text
Folk song(s)
Language
Slovakian / Hungarian / German / English
Premiere information
12 January 1918, Vienna; Männergesangverein
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition © 1918, UE6101
Boosey and Hawkes © 1939, B&H 17682
Remarks, other info
German translation by Mirko Jelusich. Hungarian translation by Wanda Gleimann. English translation by Nancy Bush.