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

Symphony No. 1 "Ländliche Hochzeit", Op. 26


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
I. szimfónia "Falusi lakodalom", Op. 26
Foreign language / English title
Symphony No. 1 "Ländliche Hochzeit", Op. 26
Year of composition
1875

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb. - 2 timp., perc. (trg., ptti., gr.c.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
45 min

Movements, parts
1. Hochzeitsmarsch. Variationen
2. Brautlied. Intermezzo
3. Serenade. Scherzo
4. Im Garten. Andante
5. Tanz. Finale

Premiere information
5 March 1876, Vienna; Hans Richter (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition B. Schott´s Söhne, Mainz 1877, Plate 22136.
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Recordings
Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui (cond.)
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Stephen Gunzenhauser (cond.)