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Title of the work

From Olden Times, BB 112

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Elmúlt időkből, BB 112
Foreign language / English title
From Olden Times, BB 112
Subtitle
Three male choruses
Year of composition
1935
Type
Male choir
Instrumentation
3-part male choir
Duration
13 min
Movements, parts
1. Parlando (Nincs boldogtalanabb / No One´s More Unhappy Than the Peasant)
2. Allegro scherzando (Egy, kettő, három, négy / One, Two, Three, Four)
3. Molto tranquillo (Nincsen szerencsésebb / No One is Happier Than the Peasant)
Text
Folk song(s)
Language
Hungarian / German
Premiere information
18 April 1937, Kecskemét, Hungary; Youth Chorus of the Calvinist Teachers’ Training-college of Nagykőrös and Dunamellék, Barna Márton (cond.) [No. 2 only]

7 May 1937, Budapest; Béla Endre’s Vocal Ensemble
Publisher / Source
Magyar Kórus © 1937 MK. 321 [© assigned 1950 to Editio Musica Budapest]

Editio Musica Budapest © 1973, Z. 6079
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Remarks, other info
German translation by Isolde Schröder
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Hungaroton