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Title of the work

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, BB 82

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
A csodálatos mandarin, Op. 19, BB 82
Foreign language / English title
The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, BB 82
Subtitle
Pantomime in one act
Year of composition
1919
Type
Ballet / Choreographic work
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 3 fl. (II, III anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (II anche cl.picc., III anche cl.b.), 3 fg. (III anche cfg.) - 4 cor. (II, IV anche w.tuba), 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (6 esec. - xil., ptti., tam-tam, tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.mlt., gr.c.) - cel., arpa, pf., org. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
32 min
Movements, parts
One act
Text
LENGYEL, Menyhért
Language
Hungarian / German
Premiere information
27 November 1926, Opera House, Cologne; Jenő Szenkór (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition © 1927, 2000 UE8909, UE31627

Boosey & Hawkes Inc. © 1925, 2000 (For the USA) Wiener Philharmonischer Verlag 304 (1958)
Available here!
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1918 - 1919 (Orchestration finished: 1924)

Scenes From "The Miraculous Mandarin", for orchestra: 1924 Transcription: Suite, 1927.
 

Recordings

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Magánkiadás
Naxos
SWR Classic
Vox Box
Decca