Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Rural Baroque, Op. 48


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Ländliches Barock, Op. 48 / Soproni barokk muzsika, Op. 48
Foreign language / English title
Rural Baroque, Op. 48
Year of composition
1941

Type
Orchestral work
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., trb. (ad. lib.) - arpa or pf. - timp., perc. - strings
Duration
18 min

Movements, parts
I. Intrada
2. Aria
3. Steyrer-Tanz / Styrian Dance
4. Hirtenstück / Shepherd´s Piece
5. Springtanz / Leaping Dance
6. Preghiera
7. Dudelsack / Bagpipes

Premiere information
1941, Sopron, Hungary
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition, Vienna
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Remarks, other info
Orchestral suite after an old Hungarian musicbook, Sopron 1689

Arranged version for piano: Rural Baroque, Op. 48
See also:
Rural Baroque, Op. 48

Arranged version for organ: "Musik after an old Hungarian musicbook from Sopron"
See also:
Musik after an old Hungarian musicbook from Sopron

Arranged version for organ by Kálmán Halász: Rural Baroque, Op. 48a
See also:
Rural Baroque, Op. 48a