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Quo Vadis Suite - For Orchestra

Composer
Rózsa Miklós
Original / Hungarian title
Quo Vadis-szvit - Zenekarra
Foreign language / English title
Quo Vadis Suite - For Orchestra
Year of composition
1951
Type
Orchestral work
Instrumentation
3 fl. (anche picc.), 3 ob. (III c.ing.), 3 cl. (III anche cl.b.), 3 fg. (III anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (3 esec. - tmb.mlt., 2 tom-tom, ptto.picc, gong, bell, metal chimes, sonagli - pf. (anche cel.), arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
20 min
Movements, parts
1. Ave Caesar! (March) / Ave Caesar (Induló)
2. Romanza / Románc
3. Arabesque / Arabeszk
4. Quo Vadis Domine?
Publisher / Source
EMI Music, Inc. (Rental Agent: G. Schirmer)
Available here!
Recordings
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1951 - MGM Studio Orchestra, Miklós Rózsa (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Ave Caesar! (March)
2 2. Romanza
Remarks, other info
Original film music nominated for the Academy Award in 1952