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Variations on a Theme of Kodály

Composer
Doráti Antal
Original / Hungarian title
Variációk egy Kodály-témára
Foreign language / English title
Variations on a Theme of Kodály
Subtitle
For orchestra
Year of composition
1962
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl., 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (2 tam-tam, vibr., marimba, xil., 4 tom-tom, ptto.sosp., tam-tam, trg., 4 wood bl., gr.c., tmb.picc.c.c. - arpa, pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
20 min
Premiere information
1 December 1962, Hilversum, Netherland; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Fournet (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Boosey & Hawkes © 1965
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Remarks, other info
Composed in collaboration with Tibor Serly, Ödön Pártos, Géza Frid and Sándor Veress