Folk Music in Bartók's Compositions – Browse

Vocal Works
Orchestral Works
- BB 76 Romanian Folk Dances for small orchestra
  - L 128 1. Stick Dance
  - L 129 2. Belt Dance
  - L 130 3. Stamping Dance
  - L 131 4. Dance of Bucium
  - L 132 5. Romanian Polka
  - L 133 6. Quick Dance (1)
  - L 134 6. Quick Dance (2)
- BB 94b Rhapsody no. 1 for violin and orchestra
  - L 222 Prima parte ("Lassú") (1)
  - L 223 Prima parte ("Lassú") (2)
  - L 224 Seconda parte ("Friss") (1)
  - L 225 Seconda parte ("Friss") (2)
  - L 226 Seconda parte ("Friss") (3)
  - L 227 Seconda parte ("Friss") (4)
- BB 96b Rhapsody no. 2 for violin and orchestra
  - L 228 Prima parte ("Lassú") (1)
  - L 229 Prima parte ("Lassú") (2)
  - L 230 Prima parte ("Lassú") (3)
  - L 231 Seconda parte ("Friss") (1)
  - L 232 Seconda parte ("Friss") (2)
  - L 233 Seconda parte ("Friss") (3)
  - L 234 Seconda parte ("Friss") (4)
  - L 235 Seconda parte ("Friss") (5)
  - L 236 Seconda parte ("Friss") (6)
  - L 237 Seconda parte ("Friss") (7)
- BB 102b Dances from Transylvania for orchestra
  - L 123 1. Bagpipers (1)
  - L 124 1. Bagpipers (2)
  - L 125 2. Bear Dance
  - L 126 3. Finale (1)
  - L 127 3. Finale (2)
- BB 103 Hungarian Sketches for orchestra
  - L 70 5. Ürögi kanásztánc / Swineherd's Dance
- BB 107 Hungarian Peasant Songs for orchestra
  - L 187 1. Ballad
  - L 188 2. Hungarian Peasant Dances (1)
  - L 189 2. Hungarian Peasant Dances (2)
  - L 190 2. Hungarian Peasant Dances (3)
  - L 191 2. Hungarian Peasant Dances (4)
  - L 192 2. Hungarian Peasant Dances (5)
  - L 193 2. Hungarian Peasant Dances (6)
  - L 195 2. Hungarian Peasant Dances (7)
  - L 196 2. Hungarian Peasant Dances (8)
Chamber Works
- BB 45a From Gyergyó for recorder and piano
  - L 22 1. (Rubato)
  - L 23 2. (Poco più mosso)
  - L 24 3. Tempo di marcia
- BB 53add Hungarian Folk Tunes for violin and piano (arr. Joseph Szigeti)
  - L 56 Part I, Parlando [Fehér László lovat lopott]
  - L 46 Part I, Andante non molto [Nagyváradi kikötőbe]
  - L 70 Part I, Allegro vivace [Házasodik a tücsök]
  - L 61 Part II, Andante sostenuto [Csillagok, csillagok]
  - L 34 Part II, Allegro [Hej tulipán, tulipán]
  - L 41 Part III, Andante [Megöltek egy legényt]
  - L 66 Part III, Poco vivace [Tíz liter bennem van]
- BB 68add Romanian Folk Dances for violin and piano (arr. Zoltán Székely)
  - L 128 1. Stick Dance
  - L 129 2. Belt Dance
  - L 130 3. Stamping Dance
  - L 131 4. Dance of Bucium
  - L 132 5. Romanian Polka
  - L 133 6. Quick Dance (1)
  - L 134 6. Quick Dance (2)
- BB 94a Rhapsody no. 1 for violin and piano
  - L 222 Prima parte ("Lassú") (1)
  - L 223 Prima parte ("Lassú") (2)
  - L 224 Seconda parte ("Friss") (1)
  - L 225 Seconda parte ("Friss") (2)
  - L 226 Seconda parte ("Friss") (3)
  - L 227 Seconda parte ("Friss") (4)
- BB 94c Rhapsody no. 1 for violoncello and piano
  - L 222 Prima parte ("Lassú") (1)
  - L 223 Prima parte ("Lassú") (2)
  - L 224 Seconda parte ("Friss") (1)
  - L 225 Seconda parte ("Friss") (2)
  - L 226 Seconda parte ("Friss") (3)
  - L 227 Seconda parte ("Friss") (4)
- BB 96a Rhapsody no. 2 for violin and piano
  - L 228 Prima parte ("Lassú") (1)
  - L 229 Prima parte ("Lassú") (2)
  - L 230 Prima parte ("Lassú") (3)
  - L 231 Seconda parte ("Friss") (1)
  - L 232 Seconda parte ("Friss") (2)
  - L 233 Seconda parte ("Friss") (3)
  - L 234 Seconda parte ("Friss") (4)
  - L 235 Seconda parte ("Friss") (5)
  - L 236 Seconda parte ("Friss") (6)
  - L 237 Seconda parte ("Friss") (7)
- BB 102a Sonatina for violin and piano (arr. Endre Gertler)
  - L 123 1. Bagpipers (1)
  - L 124 1. Bagpipers (2)
  - L 125 2. Bear Dance
  - L 126 3. Finale (1)
  - L 127 3. Finale (2)
- BB 104 Forty-four Duos for two violins
  - L 263 Volume I, 1. Matchmaking Song
  - L 264 Volume I, 2. Maypole Dance
  - L 265 Volume I, 3. Menuetto
  - L 266 Volume I, 4. Summer Solstice Song
  - L 267 Volume I, 5. Slovakian Song (1)
  - L 268 Volume I, 6. Hungarian Song (1)
  - L 269 Volume I, 7. Walachian Song
  - L 270 Volume I, 8. Slovakian Song (2)
  - L 271 Volume I, 9. Play Song
  - L 272 Volume I, 10. Ruthenian Song
  - L 273 Volume I, 11. Cradle Song
  - L 274 Volume I, 12. Hay-gathering Song
  - L 275 Volume I, 13. Wedding Song
  - L 276 Volume I, 14. Pillow Dance
  - L 277 Volume II, 15. Soldiers’ Song
  - L 278 Volume II, 16. Burlesque
  - L 279 Volume II, 17. Hungarian March (1)
  - L 280 Volume II, 18. Hungarian March (2)
  - L 54 Volume II, 19. A Fairy Tale
  - L 281 Volume II, 20. Alternating Song
  - L 282 Volume II, 21. New Year’s Greeting (1)
  - L 283 Volume II, 22. Mosquito Dance
  - L 284 Volume II, 23. Farewell to the Bride
  - L 285 Volume II, 24. Jeering Song
  - L 286 Volume II, 25. Hungarian Song (2)
  - L 287 Volume III, 26. Teasing Song
  - L 288 Volume III, 27. Limping Dance
  - L 289 Volume III, 28. Sorrow
  - L 290 Volume III, 29. New Year’s Greeting (2)
  - L 291 Volume III, 30. New Year’s Greeting (3)
  - L 292 Volume III, 31. New Year’s Greeting (4)
  - L 293 Volume III, 32. Dance from Máramaro
  - L 294 Volume III, 33. Harvest Song
  - L 295 Volume III, 34. Enumerating Song
  - L 296 Volume IV, 37. Prelude and Canon
  - L 297 Volume IV, 38. Romanian Whirling Dance
  - L 298 Volume IV, 39. Serbian Dance
  - L 299 Volume IV, 40. Walachian Dance
  - L 300 Volume IV, 41. Scherzo
  - L 301 Volume IV, 42. Arabian Song
  - L 302 Volume IV, 43. Pizzicato
  - L 303 Volume IV, 44. Transylvanian Dance
- BB 109 Hungarian Folk Tunes for violin and piano (arr. with Tivadar Országh)
  - L 62 Part I, 1. Andante [Fehér fuszujkavirág]
  - L 64 Part I, 2. Allegretto [Nem messzi van ide Margitta]
  - L 45 Part I, 3. Lento, ma non troppo [Kis kece lányom]
  - L 59 Part I, 4. Allegro [Anyám, édesanyám]
  - L 44 Part II, 5. Lento, poco rubato [Nem loptam én életembe]
  - L 42 Part II, 6. Allegretto [A csanádi legények]
  - L 47 Part II, 7. Allegretto scherzando [Ha bemegyek, ha bemegyek, ha bemegyek a dobozi csárdába]
  - L 36 Part II, 8. Sostenuto [Ej görbénye, görbénye]
  - L 49 Part II, 9. Allegro robusto
- BB 120 Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos for two pianos
  - L 313 5. New Hungarian Folk Song
Piano Works

L 173

8. Olvad a hó, csárdás kis angyalom

Eight Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and piano (1907, 1917; BB 47)

Bartók’s remark in one of the MS copies of the work: "általánosan ösmert" [generally known].

Collecting:

Csíkvacsárcsi (Csík County; now: Văcăreşti, Romania), July 1907, Béla Bartók

Informant:

young persons

Performance:

voice

Ethnicity:

Hungarian

Remarks:

Recording of a variant: MH 965a

(1A) MS field book: M.V, fol. 14v (melody, 1st staff); M.I, p. 54 (text)

(1B) MS master sheet (footnoted variant): Bartók System, B 1224c (BR 08507)

(1C) "Die Melodien der madjarischen Soldatenlieder" (1918), BÖI, 82, Essays, 56, BBI/3, 143

(1D) HFM, no. 130 (variant from Vésztő)

Further source:

Collecting:

Szeged (Csongrád County), August 1906, Béla Bartók

Informant:

young persons

Performance:

voice

Ethnicity:

Hungarian

(2A) MS field book: M.III, fol. 10r (9th staff)

(2B) MS master sheet (footnoted variant): Bartók System, B 1224c (BR 08507)

Ferenc Székelyhidy (voice), Béla Bartók (piano)
Bartók at the Piano, Hungaroton, 1991

Score

Olvad a hó, csárdás kis angyalom, tavasz akar lenni,
De szeretnék kis kertedben rózsabimbó lenni!
Nem lehetek én rózsa, elhervaszt Ferenc Jóska
A nagy bécsi háromemeletes magos kaszárnyába.

The snow is melting, my beloved, spring is ready to burst forth.
I would like to be a rosebud in your little garden.
I cannot be a rose, Franz Joseph keeps me withering
In the three-story-high barracks of Vienna.