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

Suite No. 1 for Orchestra


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
I. Szvit zenekarra
Foreign language / English title
Suite No. 1 for Orchestra
Year of composition
1945

Type
Symphony orchestra
Number of players
26
Instrumentation
2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb. - timp., perc. (2 esec. - tamb.picc., trg., ptti., gr.c.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
24 min

Movements, parts
1. Alla marcia - Allegretto
2. Scherzo - Allegro
3. Romanza - Andante parlando
4. Rondo - Vivace

Premiere information
1946; Radio Broadcast from Hungarian Radio, Budapest

1947; Academy of Music, Budapest; Budapest Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Publisher / Source
Magyar Kórus © 1948
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1944 - 1945