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Ten Etudes

Composer
Decsényi János
Original / Hungarian title
Tíz etűd
Foreign language / English title
Ten Etudes
Subtitle
For youth string orchestra
Year of composition
1964
Type
String orchestra
Number of players
17
Instrumentation
strings: 5 vl. 1, 4 vl. 2, 4 vla./vl., 3 vlc., cb. (ad lib.)
Duration
15 min
Movements, parts
1. Contrasts
2. Melody with Accompaniments I.
3. Martelé and Legato
4. Filigree Work
5. Small Canon
6. Imitations
7. Pizzicato
8. Five-eight Meter
9. Suspensions
10. Melody with Accompaniments II.
Commissioned by
The Music Foundation of the Hungarian People´s Republic
Premiere information
1964, Budapest; Óbuda Youth Orchestra, Ottó Till (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1968, Z. 5304
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