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Title of the work

Twenty Hungarian Folksongs, BB 98

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Húsz magyar népdal, BB 98
Foreign language / English title
Twenty Hungarian Folksongs, BB 98
Subtitle
For voice and piano (4 volumes)
Year of composition
1929
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
solo voice - pf.
Duration
37 min
Movements, parts
Volume I. / I. sorozat (Szomorú nóták / Sad songs):
1. A tömlöcben / In Prison
2. Régi keserves / Old Lament
3. Bujdosó ének / The Fugitive
4. Pásztornóta / Herdsman´s Song

Volume II. / II. sorozat (Táncdalok / Dance Songs):
5. Székely "lassú" / "slow"
6. Székely "friss" / "fast"
7. Kanásztánc / Swineherd´s Dance
8. "Hatforintos" nóta / "Six-forint" song

Volume III. / III. sorozat (Vegyes dalok / Diverse songs):
9. Juhászcsúfoló / The Shepherd
10. Tréfás nóta / Humorous Song
11. Párosító 1 / Nuptial Serenade 1
12. Párosító 2 / Nuptial Serenade 2
13. Pár-ének / Dialogue-song
14. Panasz / Complaint
15. Bordal / Drinking Song

Volume IV. / IV. sorozat (új dalok / new songs):
16. I. Allegro (Hej, édesanyám / Oh, My Dear Mother)
17. II. Piu allegro (Érik a ropogós cseresznye / Ripening Cherries)
18. III. Moderato (Már Dobozon / Long Ago at Doboz)
19. IV. Allegretto (Sárga kukoricaszár / Yellow Cornstalk)
20. V. Allegro non troppo (Búza, búza, búza / Wheat, Wheat, Wheat)
Text
Folk song(s)
Language
Hungarian / German
Premiere information
6 January 1930, London; Mária Basilides, Béla Bartók (pf.) [4 pieces]

30 Jan 1930, Budapest; Mária Basilides, Béla Bartók (pf.) [selections]
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition © 1932, UE1521–1524)

Boosey and Hawkes © 1939, B&H 17651-17654
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Remarks, other info
German translation by Bence Szabolcsi and R. St. Hoffmann (Volume I.), R. St. Hoffmann (Volume II-IV.)

See also BB 108.