Format : Sheet music
No opus number is what Johannes Brahms gave his astonished publisher to understand when he offered him the Hungarian Dances for publication in 1869. He placed a great deal of importance on the factthat he had merely set popular Hungarian melodies and not composed new works as such. As true as this reservation is it did not affect the success of these works. The Hungarian Dances are today withouta doubt amongst Brahms best-known compositions. Brahms himself made an arrangement of the dances 1 10 originally for Piano four hands for solo Piano. Henle are now publishing a revised version of theseimpressive pieces with the up-to-date text in the new Brahms Complete Edition. Rolf Koenen s fingerings provide the best possible help for mastering these complex works.
SKU: M7.DOHR-15282
ISBN 9790202032824.
SKU: BT.EMBZ14737
9x12 inches.
The title of the suite Early Hungarian Dances from Gömör suggests the arrangement and harmonization of dance tunes, but this three-movement cycle is far more than that: in fact, the old court dances that provide the thematic material have been freely thought through and brought to completion. The composer has breathed new life into the 18th-century melodies, as Zoltán Kodály did with the Galanta and Marosszék dances, Antonin Dvo ák with Slav dances, and Johannes Brahms with those of Hungary. The chief virtues of the work are its colourful, varied instrumentation, the tasteful combination of its archaic style with the musical language of our day, and not least the fact thatits every bar is enjoyable to play and easy to listen to. Der Titel der Suite Alte ungarische Tänze aus Gömör lässt die Bearbeitung und Harmonisierung von Tanzmelodien erahnen, doch der dreisätzige Zyklus ist viel mehr als das: Es ist die freie Weiterentwicklung und Vollentfaltung alter höfischer Tanzmelodien, die den Themenstoff geben. Der Komponist erweckt die Melodien aus dem 18. Jahrhundert in einer Art und Weise, wie das von Zoltán Kodály mit jenen aus Galánta und Marosszék oder von Antonin Dvo ak mit den slawischen oder von Johannes Brahms mit den ungarischen Tänzen gemacht wurde. Die Hauptvorzüge des Werkes sind die bunte und abwechslungsreiche Instrumentierung, die geschmackvolle Verknüpfung des archaisierenden Tons mit derSprache der zeitgenössischen Musik und nicht zuletzt, dass alle Takte gut zu spielen und leicht aufzunehmen sind.
SKU: BR.OB-3214-16
ISBN 9790004300947. 10 x 12.5 inches.
From among Brahms' 21 Hungarian Dances, the composer orchestrated three of them himself and conducted them in this version. These three had not been available as study scores to this day.
SKU: BR.PB-5116-07
ISBN 9790004210086. 6.5 x 9 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-3214-19
ISBN 9790004300954. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-3214-30
ISBN 9790004300985. 10 x 12.5 inches.
