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This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

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Hungarian Peasant Songs, BB 107

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Magyar parasztdalok, BB 107
Foreign language / English title
Hungarian Peasant Songs, BB 107
Subtitle
For orchestra
Year of composition
1933
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb, tuba - timp., perc. (gr.c.) - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
9 min
Movements, parts
1. Ballada / Ballad (Tema con variazioni)
2. Allegro
3. Allegretto
4. Allegro
5. Largamente
6. Moderato
7. Allegro molto
8. Allegro
Premiere information
18 November 1933, Rotterdam; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard Flipse (cond.)

8 March 1934, Szombathely, Hungary; Orchestra of the Cultural Society of Vas County and the Town of Szombathely, Orchestra of the 5th Infantry Regiment, Gyula Baranyai (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition © 1933, UE10573 [facsimile of Bartók’s manuscript], UE14496

Hawkes and Son © 1939, H&S16167
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Remarks, other info
Composed: 1914 - 1917/1933
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Béla Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete Ballet); Hungarian Peasant Songs; Roumanian Folk Dances Philips
Naxos
Naxos
Hungaroton
Decca