THE "DANCE SUITE" FOR CLARINET AND PIANO IS AN ARRANGEMENT OF SELECTED PIECES FROM MÁTYÁS SEIBER'S "EASY DANCES", ORIGINALLY COMPOSED AS PIANO PIECES ON THE POPULAR DANCE-STYLES OF THE 1920S AND 30S AND FOCUSING PARTICULARLY ON THE RHYTHMIC CHARACTERISTIC FOXTROT - MAZURKA - GIPSY TANGO - WALZER - NOVELTY FOXTROT - SIX-EIGHT