Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Bartók´ Speech on Folk Songs


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Bartók´ Speech on Folk Songs
Foreign language / English title
Bartók´ Speech on Folk Songs
Subtitle
For mezzo-soprano and orchestra, based on Bartók´s texts on folk songs
Dedication
to the Danubia Orchestra, Óbuda
Year of composition
2024

Type
Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
Ms. - fl., ob., cl., fg. - cor., tr. - perc. - strings: 5 vl. 1, 4 vl. 2, 3 vla., 3 vlc., cb.)
Duration
35 min

Movements, parts
I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII - IX - X

Text
BARTÓK, Béla
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
the Danubia Orchestra, Óbuda
Publisher / Source