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Five Hungarian Folk Songs, BB 108

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Öt magyar népdal, BB 108
Foreign language / English title
Five Hungarian Folk Songs, BB 108
Subtitle
For voice and orchestra
Year of composition
1933
Type
Solo voice(s) with orchestra
Instrumentation
solo voice - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (gr.c., ptti., trg., tmb.picc., tam-tam) - arpa, pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
10 min
Movements, parts
1. A tömlöcben / In Prison
2. Régi keserves / Old Lament
3. Sárga csikó, csengő rajta / Nuptial Serenade 1
4. Panasz / Complaint
5. Virágéknál ég a világ / Nuptial Serenade 2
Text
Folk song(s)
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
23 October 1933, Bpudapest; Mária Basilides (voice), Philharmonic Society orchestra, Ernő Dohnányi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition © 1933, UE7270

Boosey & Hawkes © 1977 [In the USA]
Available here!
Remarks, other info
Arranged from "Twenty Hungarian Folksongs, BB 98" in 1933
 

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