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Térszili Katicza

Composer
Veress Sándor
Original / Hungarian title
Térszili Katicza
Foreign language / English title
Térszili Katicza
Subtitle
Ballet in one act
Year of composition
1943
Type
Ballet / Choreographic work
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., sax., 2 fg. - 6 cor., 4 tr., 3 trb., tuba - perc. (3 esec.: xil., ptto.sosp., tamb., tmb.picc.c.c., gr.c., trg., ptto., tam-tam,) - arpa, pf., cel. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.

[2 ballerine, 5 ballerini, corpo di ballo]
Duration
47 min
Movements, parts
1. Előjáték / Introduction
2. Katica és barátnői tánca / The Dance of Katicza and her Friends
3. Pantomim / Pantomime
4. Intermezzo / Intermezzo
5. A herceg tánca / Dance of the Prince
6. Pas de Deux / Pas de Deux
7. Katica és a kapitány jelenete / Scene between Katicza and the Captain
8. Pantomim / Pantomime
9. Össztánc / General Dance
10. A király nagyjelenete / The King´s Major Scene
11. Pantomim / Pantomime
12. Katica tánca / Katicza´s Dance
13. Pas de Deux / Pas de Deux
14. Reggeli jelenet / Scene the next morning
15. Pantomim / Pantomime
16. Finálé / Finale
Premiere information
16 February 1949, Royal Opera House, Stockholm; Aurél M. Milloss (choreographer), Sandver (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano, 4504 (on hire); 5609 (piano score on sale)
Available here!
Recordings
Musikszene Schweiz 6130, 1996 - Miskolc North Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, János Mészáros (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1942 - 1943

Libretto by Aurél M. Milloss and István Pekáry after a Hungarian folktale