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Petite Suite, BB 113

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Kis szvit, BB 113
Foreign language / English title
Petite Suite, BB 113
Subtitle
For piano
Year of composition
1936
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
6 min
Movements, parts
1. Lassú / Slow Tune
1b. Oláhos / Walachian Dance ["Máramarosi tánc" in current editions] 2. Forgatós / Whirling Dance
3. Pengetős / Quasi Pizzicato
4. Oroszos / Ruthenian Dance
5. Dudás / Bagpipes
Premiere information
6 December 1936, Békéscsaba, Hungary; Béla Bartók (pf.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition © 1938, UE10987

[© assigned 1939 to Hawkes & Son, for the British Empire, USA etc.]

Universal Edition © 1995, UE10987
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-12326/20, 1991 - Béla Bartók (pf.) (Recorded in 1936, Budapest)
Hungaroton HCD-12331/4, 1991 - Béla Bartók (pf.) (Recorded in 1942, USA)
Remarks, other info
Transcription of BB 104, No. 28, 38, 43, 16, 36

Mov. 1b was composed in 1943 therefore it is not included in the first edition
 

Recordings

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Naxos
Naxos
Vox Box