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

Quatre Valse Oubliées (S.215) / Four Forgotten Waltzes (S.215)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Quatre Valse Oubliées (S.215) / Négy elfelejtett keringő (S.215)
Foreign language / English title
Quatre Valse Oubliées (S.215) / Four Forgotten Waltzes (S.215)
Subtitle
For piano
Dedication
to Baroness Olga von Meyendorff (Valse 2 and 3.)
Year of composition
1884

Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
17 min

Movements, parts
1. Premiere Valse Oubliée / Forgotten Waltz No. 1 / Első elfelejtett keringő
2. Deuxieme Valse Oubliée / Forgotten Waltz No. 2 / Második elfelejtett keringő
3. Troisieme Valse Oubliée / Forgotten Waltz No. 3 / Harmadik elfelejtett keringő
4. Quatrieme Valse Oubliée / Forgotten Waltz No. 4 / Negyedik elfelejtett keringő

Publisher / Source
Edition Bote and Bock © 1881, 1884 (Waltz No. 1, 2, 3)
Theodor Presser Co. © 1954 (Waltz No. 4)
Editio Musica Budapest © 1992, Z. 13950
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 32704, 2011 (Waltz No. 1) - György Ciffra (pf.)
Hungaroton HCD 32610, 2008 (Waltz No. 2, 3) - István Antal (pf.)
EMI Classics CD 07243557 00223 (Waltz No. 4) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pf.)
BMC CD 185, 2011 - Adrienne Krausz (pf.) (Mov. I, IV)
1 min. sample
1 1. Premiere Valse Oubliée
4 4. Quatrieme Valse Oubliée
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1881 - 1884