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Title of the work

Seven Choruses with Orchestra, BB 111b

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Hét kórus zenekarral, BB 111b
Foreign language / English title
Seven Choruses with Orchestra, BB 111b
Year of composition
1941
Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
2- and 3-part children’s and female choir - 2 rec., 2 pf. - timp. perc. (ptti., gr.c., tmb.picc., strings [Mov. I - V]

2- and 3-part children’s and female choir - 2 fl. (II anche picc.) 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr. - perc. (ptti.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
10 min
Movements, parts
1. Bolyongás / Lonely Wanderer
2. Cipósütés / Breadbaking
3. Huszárnóta / Hussar
4. Ne menj el! / Don’t Leave Me
5. Resteknek nótája / Loafer
6. Ne hagyj itt! / Only Tell Me
7. Legénycsúfoló / Mocking of Youth
Premiere information
7 May 1937, Budapest; Chorus of the Váci Street Higher Elementary School for Girls (chorus master Mr Ferenc Barth), Chorus and Orchestra of the Cistercian Secondary School, Benjamin Rajeczky (cond.) [Mov. I - V]
Publisher / Source
Magyar Kórus © 1937, MK 5551, 5553, 5555, 5557, 5559

Boosey & Hawkes © 1941

Editio Musica Budapest © 1963, Z. 4168 [Mov. I - V]
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Remarks, other info
Composed: 1937 - 1941