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Divertimento

Composer
Seiber Mátyás
Original / Hungarian title
Divertimento
Foreign language / English title
Divertimento
Subtitle
For clarinet and string quartet
Year of composition
1926
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
5
Instrumentation
cl. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc.
Duration
17 min
Movements, parts
1. Toccata. Allegro
2. Variazioni semplici. Andante
3. Scherzo. Allegro
4. Recitativo (Introduzione). Rubato
5. Finale. Allegro
Premiere information
1931, Frankfurt am Main
Publisher / Source
Schott Music Ltd., London, ED 13718
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Recordings
CD Avi-Music – 8553370, 2017 - Kilian Herold (cl.), Phillip Roy (vl.), Hwa-Won Rimmer (vl.), Raphael Sachs (vla.), Frank-Michael Guthmann (vlc.)
Remarks, other info
Revised: 1928

See also arrangement (from 1951) for Clarinet and String Orchestra: Concertino