Universal Edition - Zoltán Kodály – Dances of Marosszék | for orchestra

Zoltán Kodály
16.12.1882—06.03.1967

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Dances of Marosszék
16.11.2013, Jönköping (S)
Dances of Marosszék
17.11.2013, Jönköping (S)

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Zoltán Kodály
Dances of Marosszék | for orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 1927/1930
Scored for: for orchestra
Composer: Zoltán Kodály
Instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 4 2 0 0 - timp, perc, str
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute (+picc); 1st clarinet in A (+cl(Bb)); 2nd clarinet in A (+cl(Bb)); 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; bassoon; contrabassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet; 2nd trumpet; timpani; percussion; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Duration (min): 12

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World Première
Location: Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Semperoper) Dresden / Germany
Date: 28.11.1930
Orchestra: Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Conductor: Fritz Busch
Work Introduction

“My nurse, a Hungarian from Marosszék, was a good singer, a good Heyduc dancer“, writes John Kemeny, prince of Transylvania (1607-1662) in his autobiography.

It is perhaps no accident that most of the old folk-dance music has been preserved unto our days in the district of Marosszék and [...]

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