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Ben-Hur Suite - For Orchestra

Composer
Rózsa Miklós
Original / Hungarian title
Ben-Hur szvit - Zenekarra
Foreign language / English title
Ben-Hur Suite - For Orchestra
Year of composition
1959
Type
Orchestral work
Instrumentation
3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob., 3 cl., 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., 2 tuba - timp., perc. (2 esec.) - 2 arpa, pf., org. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
16 min
Movements, parts
1. Prelude
2. Love Theme
3. The Burning Desert
4. Rowing of the Galley Slaves
5. The Mother’s Love
6. Parade of the Charioteers
Publisher / Source
EMI Music, Inc. (Rental Agent: G. Schirmer)
Remarks, other info
Origianl film music is Academy Award winner in 1942: Best Original Score