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

Balkan Suite


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Balkán szvit
Foreign language / English title
Balkan Suite
Subtitle
For cello and piano
Year of composition
1950

Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
vlc. (or vl., or vla.), pf.
Duration
9 min

Movements, parts
1. Rapsodia
2. Scherzo
3. Aria
4. Danza

Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest Ⓒ 1959, Z. 2455
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Recordings
Video recording, 2025 - Emese Jánky (vlc.), Nóra Tarnai (pf.) (Available on youtube.com - FUGA729_online)
Remarks, other info
The original title was "Albanian Suite", but changed to "Balkan Suite" in 1960.