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Variations on a Hungarian Folksong "The Peacock"

Composer
Kodály Zoltán
Original / Hungarian title
Fölszállott a páva (Változatok egy magyar népdalra)
Foreign language / English title
Variations on a Hungarian Folksong "The Peacock"
Year of composition
1939
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb. - timp., perc. (trg., ptto., bell) - arpa - strings
Duration
27 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
23 November 1939, Amsterdam; Concertgebouw Orchestra, Willem Mengelberg (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Boosey & Hawkes
Recordings
BMC CD 141, 2007 - Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ádám Fischer (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Fölszállott a páva
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Kodály, Zoltán: Háry János-Suite, Summer Evening, Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song (The Peacock) BMC Records