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The Sly Students / Die listigen Studenten

Composer
Farkas Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Furfangos diákok
Foreign language / English title
The Sly Students / Die listigen Studenten
Subtitle
Ballet in one act and six scenes
Year of composition
1949
Type
Ballet / Choreographic work
Instrumentation
3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (3 esec. - tmb.mlt., gr.c., tmb.b., ptti., trg., tam-tam) - arpa - strings
Duration
45 min
Premiere information
1949, Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest; Jenő Kenessey (cond.), Gyula Harangozó (choregraphy)
Publisher / Source
MS by András Farkas (score, piano reduction & performance material)
Remarks, other info
Based on the novel by Mór Jókai

Subject by Gusztáv Oláh

Revised in 1956

See also: The Sly Students - Suite from the ballet