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Four Hungarian Folk Songs, BB 99

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Magyar népdalok, BB 99
Foreign language / English title
Four Hungarian Folk Songs, BB 99
Subtitle
For mixed chorus
Year of composition
1930
Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B)
Duration
12 min
Movements, parts
1. A rab / The Prisoner
2. A bujdosó / The Wanderer
3. Az eladó lány / Finding a Husband
4. Dal / Love Song
Text
Folk song(s)
Language
Hungarian / German / English
Premiere information
11 May 1936, Kecskemét, Hungary; Kecskemét Municipal Choir [Kecskeméti Városi Dalárda], Zoltán Vásárhelyi (cond.) [Nos. 2–4]
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition © 1932, UE10371

Boosey and Hawkes © 1939, B&H 18007-18010
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Remarks, other info
German translation by R. St. Hoffmann and Bence Szabolcsi. English translation by M. W. Pursey and Nancy Bush.
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Hungaroton
Clarion