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Theatre Overture

Composer
Kodály Zoltán
Original / Hungarian title
Színházi nyitány
Foreign language / English title
Theatre Overture
Year of composition
1927
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl., sax., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 crnt., 3 trb., tuba - cimb. (or cemb. or pf.), pf., cel. - timp., perc. (ptto., gr.c., tmb.picc., trg., military tamb.) - strings
Duration
16 min
Premiere information
After 25th of April, before the end of June, 1932, Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna; Heger Robert (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition, UE10378; Performance material available
Remarks, other info
originally for "Háry János"