Small Ensemble,Strings - Level 3 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.835891
Composed by Bela Bartok. Arranged by Paul Burnell. 20th Century,Folk,World. Score and parts. 72 pages. Paul Burnell #6521857. Published by Paul Burnell (A0.835891).
Hungarian Folksongs (1906) BB 42 (Sz. 33), BĂ©la BartĂłk, arranged by Paul Burnell for instruments in four parts
Download comprises both score and parts.
Duration 14:00
Score in C
The arrangement is suitable for multiple quartet combinations with parts available (and potential instrumentations suggested) as follows:
Part 1: C, Eb (Flute, Oboe, Alto Recorder, Eb Clarinet, Violin 1)
Part 2: C, Bb, G (Alto Flute, Oboe, Tenor Recorder, Bb Clarinet, Violin 2)
Part 3: C, Bb, Eb, F (Bb Clarinet, Bass Recorder, Alto Saxophone, Horn in F, Violin 3, Viola)
Part 4: C, Bb, F (Bassoon, Great bass Recorder, Tenor Saxophone, Horn in F, 'Cello)
Part 4 may be played an octave lower than written - using the 'Bass Clef up 8' part.
Any other appropriate instruments, even if not suggested above, may play.
The keys of the original compositions are retained in these arrangements.
Programme note:
In 1906 the Hungarian composers BĂ©la BartĂłk (1881 â 1945) and ZoltĂĄn KodĂĄly (1882 â 1967) published a collection of twenty Hungarian Folksong arrangements for voice and piano ('Magyar nĂ©pdalok Ă©nekhangra Ă©s zongorĂĄra'). The first ten arrangements are by BartĂłk. The first song: 'Elindultam szĂ©p hazĂĄmbĂłl' (I left my beautiful fatherland) came to be applied to BartĂłk himself after his self-imposed exile in the USA. The third and fourth movements are in two parts - the third movement presenting two versions of 'FehĂ©r LĂĄszlĂł', and the fourth movement containing two different songs - 'A gyulai kert alatt' and 'A kertmegi kert alatt'. In later editions, the fifth song - 'Ucca, ucca, Ă©g az ucca' - was omitted, but is retained in these arrangements for instruments in four parts.
The titles of the ten songs by BartĂłk are:
1. Elindultam szép hazåmbul / Far Behind I Left My Country
2. Ăltal mennĂ©k Ă©n a TiszĂĄn ladikon / Crossing the River
3a. Fehér Låszló / The Horse-thief
3b. Fehér Låszló / The Horse-thief
4a. A gyulai kert alatt / In the Summer Fields
4b. A kertmegi kert alatt / I Was in a Garden Green
5. Ucca, ucca, Ă©g az ucca
6. Ablakomba, ablakomba / Deceived in Love
7. SzĂĄraz ĂĄgtĂłl messze virĂt a rĂłzsa / Loveâs a Burden
8. VĂ©gigmentem a tĂĄrkĂĄnyi / Walking Through the Town
9. Nem messze van ide kis Margitta / The Horseman
10. SzĂĄnt a babĂĄm / My Love Has Gone A-ploughing.