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Divertimento for Strings

Composer
Zádor Jenő
Original / Hungarian title
Divertimento for Strings / Divertimento vonósokra
Foreign language / English title
Divertimento for Strings
Year of composition
1955
Type
String orchestra
Instrumentation
strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
17 min
Movements, parts
1. Allegro moderato
2. Andantino
3. Moderato energico
Commissioned by
Nikolai Sokoloff
Premiere information
July 1955, La Jolla Festival, San Diego, California
Publisher / Source
Schott
Available here!
Recordings
Naxos CD 8.572549, 2013 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV, Mariusz Smolij (cond.)