L 41

Volume I, 13. Ballad

For Children (1908–1910, rev. 1943; BB 53)

Bartók’s remark in the first edition of the work: "Widely known melody and text."

Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian

(1A) Bartók’s autograph notation of the melody (without words): MS field book, M.II, fol. 51r

(1B) Bartók’s autograph notation: BpFasc, fol. 164r

A variant of the melody:

Recording:
MH_0288b
Collecting:
Kecskemét (Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County), [26 December 1899], Béla Vikár
Informant:
Jakab Kelemen
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
Remarks:
Cf. further variants of the melody: Bartók System, C-I 23

(2A) MS master sheet, with later revisions: Kodály System, folder no. 92, KR 10168

(2B) MS master sheet, carbon copy of the orig. layer of (2A), with later revisions: MMS, MH 288b

(2C) HFM, no. 275a

(2D) MS master sheet, copied by M. Ziegler, with Bartók’s later revisions: Bartók System, C-I 23n (BR 09478)

Possible source of the words:

Recording:
MH_0111b
Collecting:
Firtosváralja (Udvarhely County; now: Firtuşu, Romania), [1900], Béla Vikár
Informant:
girl
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian

(A) MS master sheet, copied by M. Ziegler, with Bartók’s later revisions: Bartók System, C-I 23v (BR 09485)

CD_BUS-26


Zoltán Kocsis
Bartók New Series, Hungaroton Records, 2009

CD_Bartok_Piano


Béla Bartók
Bartók at the Piano, Hungaroton, 1991

Score (revised version)

Score (early version)