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Hungarian-Moldavian Folk Songs from the Tatar Captivity

Composer
Szabó Csaba
Original / Hungarian title
Csángó dalok a tatár fogságból
Foreign language / English title
Hungarian-Moldavian Folk Songs from the Tatar Captivity
Subtitle
For Two-part Male Choir and Orchestra
Year of composition
1968
Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
male choir (T-B) - fl. (anche picc.), ob., 2 cl., fg., tr., 2 cor. - cimb. - strings: 2 vl., 2 vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
8 min
Movements, parts
1. Lento, poco rubato - Madár, madár kicsi madár
2. Andante - Madárka, madárka, ne zavard a vizet
3. Andantino
4. Moderato
Text
Folk song(s)
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Székely State Folk Ensemble Marosvásárhely
Premiere information
1 April 1973, Marosvásárhely, Romania; Male Choir and Symphony Orchestra of Marosvásárhely, Judit Birtalan (choir dir.), Lóránt Szalman (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Cellissimo - István Szabó & Péter Szabó
Available here!
Remarks, other info
See also revised version: Hungarian-Moldavian Folk Songs from the Tatar Captivity