"Dance Suite" Study Score for Orchestra by Béla Bartók Book

Title: "Dance Suite" Instrumentation: Orchestra Instrumentation Details: 1st flute (+picc); 2nd flute (+picc); 1st oboe; 2nd oboe (+c.a); 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb (+bass cl(Bb)); 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon (+bsn); 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in Bb; 2nd trumpet in Bb; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; tuba; timpani; 1st percussion; 2nd percussion; celesta (+pno); harp; piano; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass Format: Study Score Composer: Béla Bartók Editor: Peter Bartók Publisher: Universal Edition Year of composition: 1923 Pages: 103 Duration: 18 Minutes Work Introduction: Three works were commissioned for the 50th anniversary of the formation of Hungary's capital Budapest from the three cities Buda, Pest and Óbuda: Kodály's Psalmus hungaricus, Dohnányi's Festal Overture and Béla Bartók's Dance Suite, which became one of his most frequently-played compositions. Although the themes are Bartók's, they sound like peasant music: Hungarian, Romanian, Slovakian and Arabian, commingling in some of the movements. As Bartók himself pointed out, "The melody of the first theme in the first movement is reminiscent of primitive Arabian folk music, whereas its rhythm sounds East European." Thus he remained faithful to his guiding idea of confraternisation among peoples. Content: - Allegro - Allegro molto - Allegro vivace - Comodo - Moderato - Molto tranquilloRead More