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

Musica da ballo - Suite


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Musica da ballo - Szvit
Foreign language / English title
Musica da ballo - Suite
Year of composition
1961

Type
Orchestral work
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb. - timp., perc. (gr.c., tmb.picc., tmb.c.c., 2 gong, ptti., trg., camp., campli., xil., vibr., wood bl., temple bl.) - arpa, cel. - strings: vl. 1, vl.2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
19 min

Movements, parts
1. Preludio ostinato
2. Scherzo 1.
3. Notturno 1.
4. Scherzo 2.
5. Notturno 2.
6. Danze generale

Premiere information
20 November 1962, Budapest
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest 1963, M-34 (or Z. 4279)
Available here!
Recordings
Qualiton LPX 1144, 1963 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.)
Remarks, other info