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5 Songs from "Hungarian Folk Music"

Composer
Kodály Zoltán
Original / Hungarian title
Öt dal a Magyar népzene sorozatból
Foreign language / English title
5 Songs from "Hungarian Folk Music"
Year of composition
1957
Type
Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra
Number of players
10
Instrumentation
high or medium voice - fl. (anche picc.), ob., cl. - cor. - vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
15 min
Movements, parts
1. Egy kicsi madárka / Kleines Vöglein
2. Tücsöklakodalom / Hochzeit der Grille
3. Zöld erdőben / Tief im Walde
4. Dudanóta / Dudelsack-Weise
5. A csitári hegyek alatt / Winter kam durch´s Land gezogen
Text
Folk song(s)
Language
Hungarian / English / German
Premiere information
Vienna
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition (Performance material available)
Remarks, other info
Edited by Paul Angerer in 1957
Translated by Michael Dimi Calvocoressi (English), Emma Kodály (German), Bence Szabolcsi (German)
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Hungaroton