Hungarian Pictures, sometimes also referred to as Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97, BB 103 (Hungarian: Magyar képek) is a suite for orchestra by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók finished in 1931. The suite consists of orchestrations of earlier short pieces for piano composed between 1908 and 1911.[1]
The original piano pieces were created during Bartók's journey around Romania and Hungary, when he started collecting and arranging folk music that further transformed his somewhat Lisztian early style into the style he came to develop. Therefore, many of the compositions from this period were either based on folk music or created from scratch with a reasonable resemblance to folk music.[2] However, neither money nor widespread fame would be plentiful in his lifetime, as he had to struggle with a moderate opposition in his country to his modern style and some of his major works, such as The Miraculous Mandarin, being banned for years.[3]
From the 30s onwards, Bartók started arranging some of his piano music for orchestral concert performance with the expressed intent of making money out of it. This was the case of his Transylvanian Dances, arranged from his Sonatina, and this set, which takes five pieces from works created two decades earlier. The set was completed in August 1931 in Mondsee. Pieces 1, 2, 3 and 5 were premiered in Budapest by the Budapest Concert Orchestra under Massimo Freccia on January 24, 1932. The first complete performance of the whole suite took place two years later, in November 26, 1934, with Heinrich Laber conducting the Philharmonic Society Orchestra.[4] It was eventually published by Editio Musica Budapest in 1983 and arranged for wind quintet by Christopher Sears in 1985.[5][6]
Structure
The suite consists of five movements and has a duration of 12 minutes. The movement list is as follows:
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hungarian, pictures, sometimes, also, referred, hungarian, sketches, hungarian, magyar, képek, suite, orchestra, hungarian, composer, béla, bartók, finished, 1931, suite, consists, orchestrations, earlier, short, pieces, piano, composed, between, 1908, 1911, h. Hungarian Pictures sometimes also referred to as Hungarian Sketches Sz 97 BB 103 Hungarian Magyar kepek is a suite for orchestra by Hungarian composer Bela Bartok finished in 1931 The suite consists of orchestrations of earlier short pieces for piano composed between 1908 and 1911 1 Hungarian PicturesHungarian Sketchesby Bela BartokNative nameMagyar kepekCatalogueSz 97 BB 103Composed1931Performed22 January 1932 1932 01 22 Budapest 26 November 1934 1934 11 26 BudapestPublished1984 BudapestMovements5ScoringOrchestra Contents 1 Composition 2 Structure 3 References 4 External linksComposition EditThe original piano pieces were created during Bartok s journey around Romania and Hungary when he started collecting and arranging folk music that further transformed his somewhat Lisztian early style into the style he came to develop Therefore many of the compositions from this period were either based on folk music or created from scratch with a reasonable resemblance to folk music 2 However neither money nor widespread fame would be plentiful in his lifetime as he had to struggle with a moderate opposition in his country to his modern style and some of his major works such as The Miraculous Mandarin being banned for years 3 From the 30s onwards Bartok started arranging some of his piano music for orchestral concert performance with the expressed intent of making money out of it This was the case of his Transylvanian Dances arranged from his Sonatina and this set which takes five pieces from works created two decades earlier The set was completed in August 1931 in Mondsee Pieces 1 2 3 and 5 were premiered in Budapest by the Budapest Concert Orchestra under Massimo Freccia on January 24 1932 The first complete performance of the whole suite took place two years later in November 26 1934 with Heinrich Laber conducting the Philharmonic Society Orchestra 4 It was eventually published by Editio Musica Budapest in 1983 and arranged for wind quintet by Christopher Sears in 1985 5 6 Structure EditThe suite consists of five movements and has a duration of 12 minutes The movement list is as follows An Evening in the Village from Ten Easy Pieces Sz 39 BB 51 No 5 Bear Dance from Ten Easy Pieces Sz 39 BB 51 No 10 Melody from Four Dirges Op 9a Sz 45 BB 58 No 2 Slightly Tipsy from Three Burlesques Op 8c Sz 47 BB 55 No 2 Swineherd s Dance from For Children Sz 42 BB 53 Vol 2 No 40 Even though all of the pieces sound like original folk melodies only the last one in the set uses genuine folk material The suite follows a common practice by Bartok using a slow central movement surrounded with two scherzos The score calls for a large symphonic Orchestra two flutes and piccolo two oboes two clarinets and bass clarinet two bassoons two horns two trumpets two trombones and tuba timpani xylophone triangle side drum snare drum cymbals bass drum harp and a string section References Edit Bayley Amanda 26 March 2001 The Cambridge Companion to Bartok Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780521669580 Retrieved 6 March 2018 Crino Erika 2006 A performing analysis of Bela Bartok s Three Burlesques Op 8c Thesis University of British Columbia doi 10 14288 1 0105461 Retrieved 6 March 2018 Classical Music News from NAXOS COM www naxos com Retrieved 6 March 2018 Huscher Phillip Hungarian Sketches PDF Retrieved 6 March 2018 Bartok Bela Hungarian Pictures www kotta info Retrieved 6 March 2018 Bartok Bela Hungarian Pictures www kotta info Retrieved 6 March 2018 External links EditHungarian Pictures Scores at the International Music Score Library Project Score hosted at Issuu by Casa Ricordi Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hungarian Pictures amp oldid 1137348658, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
