Bartok wrote Romanian Folk Dances in 1915 for piano, originally titled "Romanian Folk Dances from Hungary". It was later orchestrated in 1917. The work is based on folk dances Bartok collected during fieldwork in Transylvania and Hungary. It consists of six short movements depicting different dance styles, including festive, cheerful, and passionate dances performed solo or in pairs. Bartok dedicated the piano version to his teacher and friend Janos Busitia.
Bartok wrote Romanian Folk Dances in 1915 for piano, originally titled "Romanian Folk Dances from Hungary". It was later orchestrated in 1917. The work is based on folk dances Bartok collected during fieldwork in Transylvania and Hungary. It consists of six short movements depicting different dance styles, including festive, cheerful, and passionate dances performed solo or in pairs. Bartok dedicated the piano version to his teacher and friend Janos Busitia.
Bartok wrote Romanian Folk Dances in 1915 for piano, originally titled "Romanian Folk Dances from Hungary". It was later orchestrated in 1917. The work is based on folk dances Bartok collected during fieldwork in Transylvania and Hungary. It consists of six short movements depicting different dance styles, including festive, cheerful, and passionate dances performed solo or in pairs. Bartok dedicated the piano version to his teacher and friend Janos Busitia.
Bartok wrote Romanian Folk Dances in 1915 for piano, originally titled "Romanian Folk Dances from Hungary". It was later orchestrated in 1917. The work is based on folk dances Bartok collected during fieldwork in Transylvania and Hungary. It consists of six short movements depicting different dance styles, including festive, cheerful, and passionate dances performed solo or in pairs. Bartok dedicated the piano version to his teacher and friend Janos Busitia.
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BARTOK
ROMANIAN FOLK DANCES LECTURE RECITAL PRESENTATION ROMANIAN FOLK DANCES
Why I chose Romanian folk dances – my motivation
Why this name
- first name: Romanian folk dances from Hungary -changed when Romania occupied Transylvania
Bartók with wax cylinder
recording machine WHEN & FOR WHOM
Six short movements written
by Bartok in 1915 for piano The orchestration was made 2 years later
premiere of the orchestration:
February 1918 in Budapest
Dedicated to his teacher &
friend Janos Busitia • (perform) 2 famous arrangements: this one by his friend Zoltan zsekely in 1925 premiere: 25th of October Arhnem Netherlands. Orchestra arrangement by Willner Recording by Bartok & Joseph Szigeti in 1930 Bartok was expert of Eastern European folk music. FIRST DANCE - Festive & energetic - Dance for a man includes high kicks - tempo 80 but they play in 100 - there is intro in arr. - beg till 20 A dorian, after20 aeolian SECOND DANCE - Quick & cheerful - Dancers are holding each other’s waists - Is played in faster tempo - F# dorian mode - added the high voice (the repetition) THIRD DANCE - Dancers stay in one place - Harmonics in the arr - Performed faster by Szigeti and in tempo by szekely - small intervals, augumented seconds Arabic infuences in general is D aeolian FOURTH DANCE - Passion & vibrato - rhythm: duple meter but in the violin in triple - in the arr the high passage is extra - myxolydian and Arabic color key center of C (1-18) A major in (19 till end) FIFTH DANCE AND LAST DANCE - Fifth: Slower tempo by Sgizeti lively Childeen dance D lydian mode -last: performed in couples D major D lydian mode second theme c center, c lydian with key signature g major bar 33 A myxolydian