Description

• Composer: Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
• Editor: Miklós Szabó
• Instrumentation (this edition): TTBB Choir
• Originally for: Orchestra, Male Choir
• Binding:
• Work Language: Hungarian
• ISMN: 9790080200360
• Size: 8.0 x 11.2 inches
• Pages: 124
• Urtext / Critical Edition

Description

Based on the Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition, this volume includes Bartók’s complete works for male voices. The lyrics in this Urtext edition are in the original languages and in the translations authorized by the composer. Literal English translations are provided in the appendix, which also includes the early version of Four Hungarian Folk Songs and the German version of movements 3 to 6 from Székely Folk Songs.

The edition is complete with an informative preface (in Hungarian, English, and German) and detailed Editorial Comments (in Hungarian and English). The Comments give an overview of the textual, folk-music, and compositional sources, and provide detailed information on the performance practice of Bartók’s choral works.

The edition has been printed on high-quality and environmentally-friendly paper.

This volume is also available cloth-bound, along with the volumes for children’s and female voices and for mixed voices, in slipcase (EMB20076). Separate editions of each work included in this volume are also available.

Contents:

1. Evening (BB 30, 1903)
2. Four Old Hungarian Folk Songs (BB 60, 1910, rev. 1926)
3. Slovak Folk Songs (BB 78, 1917)
4. Székely Folk Songs (BB 106, 1932)
5. From Olden Times. Three Choruses for Men’s Voices (BB 112, 1935) (I. Parlando II. Allegro scherzando III. Molto tranquillo)
6. Appendix – Four Old Hugarian Folk Songs (Early version) (BB 60, 1910)
7. Appendix – Three Hungarian Folk Songs from Transylvania (Simplified version of movements 3-6 of Székely Folk Songs with German words)

Works:

• ‘Este’ (Evening) Male Chorus, Sz. 19, BB 30
• 4 Old Hungarian Folksongs, Sz. 50, BB 60
• 5 Slovak Folk Songs, Sz. 69, BB 77
• Székely Songs, Sz. 99, BB 106
• From Olden Times, Sz. 104, BB 112