Hungarian Folksongs
(1914-1917)arrangement of Fifteen Hungarian Folksongs for orchestra
Duration: 9'
Scoring
2.2.2.2-2.2.2.1-perc-harp-strings
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes / Universal Edition
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the USA only.
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Repertoire Note
During the Depression years Bartók was encouraged by his publishers to deliver extra value from popular early piano pieces in their lists, hence the arrangements creating Transylvanian Dances, Hungarian Sketches and these Hungarian Peasant Songs. The orchestrations are effective if somewhat restrained by the simpler type and the increasingly distant era of their originals.
Note by Malcolm Gillies