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Title of the work

L´Histoire du petit tailleur / The Little Tailor

Composer
Harsányi Tibor
Original / Hungarian title
L´Histoire du petit tailleur / A kis szabó
Foreign language / English title
L´Histoire du petit tailleur / The Little Tailor
Subtitle
Suite for narrator, seven instruments and percussion
Year of composition
1939
Type
Stage work
Number of players
9
Instrumentation
narrator - fl. (anche picc.), cl., fg. - tr. - 3 timp., perc. (1 esec. - trg., tambourine, ptti., gr.c., temple bl., xil., campli., slide whistle, siren) - pf. - vl., vlc.
Duration
30 min
Movements, parts
1. Allegretto grazioso 2. Moderato 3. Andante 4. Modearto 5. Moderato 6. Allegretto scherzando 7. Grave 8. Tempo di marcia 9. Andante 10. Tempo di fox trot 11. Maestoso 12. Allegretto moderato 13. Allegretto grazioso
Text
GRIMM, Jakob and Wilhelm
Language
French / English
Publisher / Source
Éditions Max Eschig © 1950, ME00613000
Available here!
Recordings
EMI Angel 36357 LP, 1966 - Peter Ustinov (narrator), Paris Conservatoire Ochestra, Georges Prétre (cond.)
Remarks, other info
After the tale by the brothers Grimm