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Mirabel´s Dance

Composer
Horváth Balázs
Original / Hungarian title
Mirabel´s Dance
Foreign language / English title
Mirabel´s Dance
Subtitle
For tuba and piano
Dedication
to Sam Pilafian
Year of composition
1994
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
tuba, pf.
Duration
4 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
17 August 1994, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Tanglewood (MA, USA); Sam Pilafian (tuba), Balázs Horváth (pf.)

Autumn, 1994, Old Academy of Music, Budapest; Roland Szentpáli (tuba), Balázs Horváth (pf.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
MS
Available here!
Recordings
Live recording of the premiere, 1994 - Sam Pilafian (tuba), Balázs Horváth (pf.)
Video recording, 2025 - Nándor Vince (tuba), Farkas Sugii Yuki (pf.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
"The imagined protagonist of the piece is a slightly plus-sized, middle-aged woman who dances cheerfully, having fun with herself. But she seriously knows that she dances great, even if it´s funny." “In 1994, at the age of 18, I was fortunate to meet Sam Pilafian, the great tuba player, at Tanglewood. We not only met, but we also reviewed my piece Mirabel´s Dance, which I had written at the time, and we even played it together at a concert. Pilafian´s influence and memory have always been with me, any time I come across my piece. So let me recommend it to all tuba players with the respect and trust with which Sam Pilafian turned to the then somewhat inexperienced and young composer.” (Balázs Horváth)