Zoltán Kodály
Dances of Galánta
Short instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 4 2 0 0 - timp, perc, str
Duration: 13'
Klavierauszug von: Jenö Kenessey
Dedication: A Budapesti Filharmóniai Társaság alakulásának 80. évfordulójára.
To the 80th anniversary of the Budapest Philharmonic Society.
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute (+picc)
1st oboe
2nd oboe
1st clarinet in A
2nd clarinet in A
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
3rd horn in F
4th horn in F
1st trumpet in C
2nd trumpet in C
timpani
percussion
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
contrabass
Kodály - Tänze aus Galanta for orchestra
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Zoltán Kodály
Diverse; Kodály: Dances of Galánta for orchestraOrchestration: for orchestra
Type: Studienpartitur
Zoltán Kodály
Kodály: Dances of Galánta für OrchesterOrchestration: für Orchester
Type: Dirigierpartitur
Binding: Hardcover
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Work introduction
Zoltán Kodály composed Tänze aus Galánta for the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra in 1933. He chose the themes from written librettos: “Galánta is a small, Hungarian market town on the old railway line between Vienna and Budapest, where the composer spent seven years of his childhood. At that time, a famous gipsy band lived there, who gave the child his first taste of ‘orchestral sound’. Several volumes of Hungarian dances were published in Vienna around 1800, including one ‘by various gipsies from Galánta’. The principle motifs of this work come from those volumes.” (Kodály, from the preface)