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Variations on a Hungarian Folksong

Composer
Zádor Jenő
Original / Hungarian title
Variációk egy magyar népdalra
Foreign language / English title
Variations on a Hungarian Folksong
Subtitle
For orchestra
Year of composition
1919
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl., 3 ob., 3 cl., 3 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. - 2 arpa, pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
30 min
Movements, parts
1. Theme
2. Variation 1. - Bagatelle
3. Variation 2. - Burleske
4. Variation 3. - Scherzo
5. Variation 4. - Serenade
6. Variation 5. - Scherzetto
7. Variation 6. - Tempo di Foxtrot
8. Variation 7. - Capriccio
9. Variation 8. - Alla zingaresca - Quasi Csardas
10. Variation 9. - Phantasie
11. Variation 10. - Fugato - Stretta
Premiere information
7 February 1927, Vienna

1928; Berlin Philharmonic, Wilhelm Furtwängler (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Ries & Erler
Available here!
Recordings
Naxos 8.573274, 2015 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV, Mariusz Smolij (cond.) (World premiere recording of the complete version)