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

Name Day at the Pinfold


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Névnap a cserénynél
Foreign language / English title
Name Day at the Pinfold
Subtitle
Folks Dance-play for Orchestra and Choir
Year of composition
1961

Type
Ballet / Choreographic work
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - vl. solo - rec., 2 cl., - 2 cymb. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Movements, parts
1. Este a kunyhónál / Evening at the Stockhut - Andante parlando
2. Barátok jönnek... / Friends are Coming... - Allegretto
3. Karikás tánc / Circle Dance - Vivace
4. Allegretto, molto giusto
5. Verbunk / Recruitment - Moderato
6. Csárdás / Czardas - Presto
7. Andante parlando (Nem túl lassan / Not too slow)

Text
Folk song(s)
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
Radio Broadcast, Hungarian Radio, Budapest
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungarian Radio
Remarks, other info
Music to the Dance-play choreographed by Miklós Rábai

Wasn´t premiered until the end of the 1970-s, because in the 1960-s the orchestration seemed to be ultramodern for those giving permissions for the Premieres of new compositions