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Hungarian Sketches, BB 103

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Magyar képek, BB 103
Foreign language / English title
Hungarian Sketches, BB 103
Subtitle
For orchestra
Year of composition
1931
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg., 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (xil., trg., 2 tmb.picc., ptti., gr.c., arpa) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
11 min
Movements, parts
1. Este a székelyeknél / Evening in Transylvania
2. Medvetánc / Bear Dance
3. Melódia / Melody
4. Kicsit ázottan / A Bit Drunk
5. Ürögi kanásztánc / Swineheard´s Dance from Ürög
Premiere information
25 January 1932, Budapest; Budapest Concert Orchestra [Budapesti Hangversenyzenekar], Massimo Freccia (cond.) [Mov. 1–3 and 5]

26 November 1934, Budapest; Philharmonic Society Orchestra [Filharmóniai Társaság Zenekara], Heinrich Laber (cond.) [complete work]
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1953, Z. 1001

Editio Musica Budapest © 1954, Z. 1674
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Recordings

Title Publisher
Béla Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete Ballet); Hungarian Peasant Songs; Roumanian Folk Dances Philips
Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Conductors, 1951-2001 Hungaroton
Bartók, Béla: Mireculous Mandarin (Complete Ballet) Sz. 73, Op. 19; Dance Suite Sz.77; Hungarian Pictures Sz. 97 Naxos
Naxos
Naxos
Lajos Dudas Quartet & Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss: Bridging JazzSick Records
Decca