SKU: BT.EMBZ60
English-German-Hungarian.
'Bartók wrote the first dance around the time of the Romanian movements of the 'Seven Sketches', after his first trip collecting Romanian folk music in July-August 1909. The second dance is the fruit of March the following year, and it was only after some time he decided they should be published as a pair. From the beginning, audiences were impressed by the first dance, in the composer's peculiar performance, with its initial drumming, and its driving rhythms. If less popular, compositionally the second dance is more original. He parades and varies his material in a chain form, and this too is reminiscent of the dances heard in the playing of Romanian Transylvanian villagemusicians, which in his scholarly work Bartók called 'motive dances.' (HCD 32525 Bartók New Series Vol. 25, László Somfai).
SKU: HL.50510037
ISBN 9790080400326. UPC: 073999667134. 5.5x8.0x0.139 inches. Bela Bartok; Denijs Dille.
'Bartok wrote 'Two Rumanian Dances' for piano, op.8a in 1909-1910 and arranged the first of the pair for orchestra in time for a concert on 12 February 1911. The highly positive reviews of the premiere describe the dance as brilliantly orchestrated, bizarre in its harmonies, and orgiastic in its conclusion. The A sections of its ABA form insistently repeat a four-bar theme that is itself composed of internal repetitions. Bartok maintains interest in the material by varying the orchestration, and, in the final section, with sudden breaks and changes in tempo. The slow middle section has a more vocal and impassioned emotional quality than the mechanistic dance that surrounds it. Bartok wrote in 1931 that although the work was inspired by Rumanian folk music, the themes were entirely his own.' (HCD 32506 Bartok New Series Vol. 6, David E. Schneider).
SKU: HL.48000031
ISBN 9783702432539. UPC: 803452032199. 9.25x6.0x0.07 inches.
Contents: Dance * Teasing Song * Play * Lullaby * Midsummer Night Song * Cushion Dance * Rumanian Song * Ruthenian Song * Slovak Song (I) * Hungarian Song.
SKU: HL.14047993
ISBN 9781785582714. 9.0x12.0x0.093 inches. English.
This is a new edition of Bela Bartoks popular Romanian Folk Dances in its original scoring for Solo Piano. With fascinating background notes and unique imagery, this publication is essential for pianists interested in the work of the Hungarian composer.
SKU: MA.EMR-58956
Stick Game / Peasant Costume / Standing Still / Mountain Horn Song / Romanian Garden Gate / Little One.
SKU: BT.DHP-1206265-130
English Dances, Set I, opus 27, is a light classic composition that was written for orchestra by the British composer Malcolm Arnold in 1950. The set contains four dances that continue without pause: the individual movements are indicated by the tempo markings. The work came about at the request of Bernard de Nevers, at the time the head of publisher Alfred Lengnick & Co., who asked Arnold to write a suite of dances as an English counterpart to Dvo ák’s Slavonic Dances and Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances. The première took place in the spring of 1951, played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. Following the success of the first set, DeNevers asked the composer to write a second one, which Arnold completed the next year (Op. 33). The Andantino from the first set has been skilfully arranged and orchestrated for brass band by Ray Farr. English Dances, Set I, opus 27, is een licht klassieke compositie die in 1950 door de Britse componist Malcolm Arnold voor orkest geschreven werd. De set bestaat uit vier dansen die zonder onderbreking in elkaar overgaan: de afzonderlijke delen worden aangegeven met de tempomarkering. Het werk kwam tot stand op verzoek van Bernard de Nevers, destijds het hoofd van uitgeverij Alfred Lengnick & Co., die Arnold vroeg om een reeks dansen te schrijven als een Engelse tegenhanger voor de Slavische dansen van Dvo ák en de Roemeense volksdansen van Bartók. De première werd in het voorjaar van 1951 gebracht door het London Philharmonic Orchestra, onder leiding van Sir Adrian Boult.Na het succes van de eerste set vroeg De Nevers om een tweede, die Arnold een jaar later voltooide (opus 33). Het Andantino uit de eerste set is door Ray Farr meesterlijk gearrangeerd en ge nstrumenteerd voor brassband. English Dances, Set I, opus 27, ist eine leicht Klassische Komposition, die 1950 von dem britischen Komponisten Malcolm Arnold für Orchester geschrieben wurde. Die Reihe enthält vier Tänze, die ohne Unterbrechung gespielt werden. Die einzelnen Sätze sind mit Tempoangaben versehen. Das Werk entstand auf Wunsch von Bernard de Nevers, dem damaligen Leiter des Verlags Alfred Lengnick & Co., der Arnold bat, eine Reihe von Tänzen als englisches Gegenstück zu Dvo áks Slawischen Tänzen“ und Bartóks Rumänischen Volkstänzen“ zu schreiben. Die Uraufführung fand im Frühjahr 1951 mit dem London Philharmonic Orchestra unter der Leitung von Sir Adrian Boult statt. Nach demErfolg der ersten Reihe bat de Nevers den Komponisten, eine zweite Reihe zu schreiben, die Arnold im darauffolgenden Jahr fertigstellte (op. 33). Das Andantino aus der ersten Reihe wurde von Ray Farr gekonnt für Brass Band arrangiert und orchestriert. English Dances, Set I, opus 27, est une composition de musique légère classique pour orchestre écrite en 1950 par le compositeur britannique Malcolm Arnold. La série comprend quatre danses qui s’enchaînent sans interruption, les divers mouvements étant indiqués par des changements de tempo. Cette œuvre fut écrite la demande de Bernard de Nevers, alors directeur de l’éditeur Alfred Lengnick & Co., qui pria Arnold de composer une série de danses qui serait l’équivalent anglais des Danses slaves de Dvo ák et des Danses populaires roumaines de Bartók. L’œuvre fut créée le 14 avril 1951 par le London Philharmonic Orchestra sous la direction de Sir Adrian Boult. la suite du succès de la première série, De Nevers pria le compositeur d’en écrire une seconde, qui fut achevée l’année suivante (Op. 33). L’Andantino de la première série a été habilement arrangé et orchestré pour brass band par Ray Farr.
SKU: CY.CC2729
Romanian Folk Dances is a short six-movement suite originally composed for piano in 1915 and later arranged for violin and piano by Zoltan Szekely. The six movements are:1. Stick Dance2. Sash Dance3. Standing Still4. Horn Dance5. Romanian Polka6. Fast DanceThe movements are in the following modes (Dorian, Aeolian, Mixolydian and Lydian), which along with unique harmonies give them a very exotic sound.The Suite takes about 5 minutes to perform and is suitable for advanced performers.
SKU: CY.CC2731
SKU: CY.CC2733
