Folk Music in Bartók's Compositions – Browse

Vocal works
- BB 34 Székely Folksong for voice and piano
  - L 1 Piros alma
- BB 42 Hungarian Folksongs for voice and piano
  - L 2 1. Elindultam szép hazámbul
  - L 3 2. Által mennék én a Tiszán ladikon
  - L 4 3a. Fehér László lovat lopott
  - L 5 3b. Fehér László lovat lopott
  - L 6 4a. A gyulai kert alatt
  - L 7 4b. A kertmegi kert alatt
  - L 8 5. Ucca, ucca, ég az ucca
  - L 9 6. Ablakomba, ablakomba
  - L 10 7. Száraz ágtól messze virít a rózsa
  - L 11 8. Végigmentem a tárkányi
  - L 12 9. Nem messze van ide kis Margitta
  - L 13 10. Szánt a babám
- BB 43 Hungarian Folksongs (2nd series) for voice and piano
  - L 14 1. Tiszán innen, Tiszán túl
  - L 240 2. Erdők, völgyek, szűk ligetek
  - L 173 3. Olvad a hó
  - L 15 4. Ha bemegyek a csárdába
  - L 56 5. Fehér László lovat lopott
  - L 16 6. Megittam a piros bort
  - L 17 7. Ez a kislány gyöngyöt fűz
  - L 18 8. Sej, mikor engem katonának visznek
  - L 19 9. Még azt mondják
  - L 45 10. Kis kece lányom
- BB 44 Two Hungarian Folksongs for voice and piano
  - L 20 1. Édesanyám rózsafája
  - L 305 2. Túl vagy, rózsám, túl vagy
- BB 46 Four Slovak Folksongs for voice and piano
  - L 81 1. V tej bystrickej bráne
  - L 73 2. Pod lipko, nad lipko
  - L 113 3. Pohřebni píseň
  - L 21 4. Priletel pták
- BB 47 Eight Hungarian Folksongs for voice and piano
  - L 166 1. Fekete főd, fehér az én zsebkendőm
  - L 167 2. Istenem, Istenem, áraszd meg a vizet
  - L 168 3. Asszonyok, asszonyok, had’ legyek társatok
  - L 169 4. Annyi bánat a szívemen
  - L 170 5. Ha kimegyek arr’ a magos tetőre
  - L 171 6. Töltik a nagyerdő útját
  - L 172 7. Eddig való dolgom a tavaszi szántás
  - L 173 8. Olvad a hó, csárdás kis angyalom
- BB 57 Two Romanian Folk Songs for women's voices
  - L 155 1. Nu te supăra, mireasă
  - L 156 2. Măi bădiță, prostule
- BB 60 Four Old Hungarian Folk Songs for men's voices
  - L 115 1. Rég megmondtam, bús gerlice
  - L 116 2. Jaj istenem! kire várok
  - L 117 3. Ángyomasszony kertje, bertje
  - L 118 4. Béreslegény, jól megrakd a szekeret
- BB 65 Nine Romanian Folksongs for voice and piano
  - L 157 1. [Ai, Mă dusei la biseric']
  - L 158 2. Hei, Toate lumea vrea să moru
  - L 159 3. [Vai de mine, ce şi fii]
  - L 138 4. [Ciucuri verde de mătasă]
  - L 160 5. [Fă mă Doamne, ce mii face]
  - L 161 6. Până fusei la maica, măi
  - L 162 7. Frunză verde, foaie fragă
  - L 163 8. Atâtea gânduri îmi vinu
  - L 164 9. Cine n'are noroc n'are
- BB 73 Slovak Folksong for voice and piano
  - L 165 Krutí Tono vretena
- BB 77 Four Slovak Folk Songs for mixed voices and piano accompaniment
  - L 178 1. Zadala mamka
  - L 179 2. Na holi, na holi
  - L 180 3. Rada pila, rada jedla
  - L 181 4. Gajdujte, gajdence
- BB 78 Slovak Folk Songs for four-part men's chorus
  - L 174 1. Ej, posluchajte málo
  - L 175 2. Keď ja smutný pôjdem
  - L 176 3. Kamarádi moji
  - L 174 4. Ej, a keď mňa zabiju
  - L 177 5. Ked’som šiou na vojnu
- BB 87a Five Village Scenes for voice and piano
  - L 208 1. Haymaking [Pri hrabaní]
  - L 209 2. At the Bride's [Pri neveste]
  - L 210 3. Wedding [Svatba] (1)
  - L 211 3. Wedding [Svatba] (2)
  - L 212 4. Lullaby [Ukoliebavka] (1)
  - L 213 4. Lullaby [Ukoliebavka] (2)
  - L 214 5. Lad's Dance [Tanec mládencov]
- BB 87b Three Village Scenes for 4 or 8 female voices and chamber orchestra
  - L 210 1. Wedding [Svatba] (1)
  - L 211 1. Wedding [Svatba] (2)
  - L 212 2. Lullaby [Ukoliebavka] (1)
  - L 213 2. Lullaby [Ukoliebavka] (2)
  - L 214 3. Lad's Dance [Tanec mládencov]
- BB 97 Five Hungarian Folksongs for voice and piano
  - L 2 1. Elindultam szép hazámbul
  - L 3 2. Által mennék én a Tiszán ladikon
  - L 6 3. A gyulai kert alatt
  - L 12 4. Nem messze van ide kis Margitta
  - L 11 5. Végigmentem a tárkányi
- BB 98 Twenty Hungarian Folksongs for voice and piano
  - L 238 I. Szomorú nóták, 1. A tömlöcben
  - L 239 I. Szomorú nóták, 2. Régi keserves
  - L 240 I. Szomorú nóták, 3. Bujdosó ének
  - L 241 I. Szomorú nóták, 4. Pásztornóta
  - L 242 II. Táncdalok, 5. Székely "lassú"
  - L 243 II. Táncdalok, 6. Székely "friss"
  - L 244 II. Táncdalok, 7. Kanásztánc
  - L 245 II. Táncdalok, 8. "Hatforintos" nóta
  - L 246 III. Vegyes dalok, 9. Juhászcsúfoló
  - L 247 III. Vegyes dalok, 10. Tréfás nóta
  - L 248 III. Vegyes dalok, 11. Párosító (1)
  - L 249 III. Vegyes dalok, 12. Párosító (2)
  - L 450 III. Vegyes dalok, 13. Pár-ének
  - L 251 III. Vegyes dalok, 14. Panasz
  - L 252 III. Vegyes dalok, 15. Bordal
  - L 253 IV. Új dalok, 16. Allegro
  - L 254 IV. Új dalok, 17. Più allegro
  - L 255 IV. Új dalok, 18. Moderato
  - L 256 IV. Új dalok, 19. Allegretto
  - L 257 IV. Új dalok, 20. Allegro non troppo
- BB 99 Hungarian Folk Songs for mixed voices
  - L 258 1. The Prisoner
  - L 259 2. The Wanderer
  - L 260 3. Finding a Husband
  - L 261 4. Love Song (1)
  - L 262 4. Love Song (2)
- BB 106 Székely Folk Songs for men's voices
  - L 305 1. Hej, de sokszor megbántottál
  - L 306 2. Istenem, életem
  - L 307 3. Vékony cérna, kemény mag
  - L 308 4. Kilyénfalvi közeptizbe
  - L 307 5. Vékony cérna, kemény mag
  - L 309 6. Járjad pap a táncot
- BB 108 Five Hungarian Folksongs for voice and orchestra
  - L 238 1. A tömlöcben
  - L 239 2. Régi keserves
  - L 248 3. Sárga csikó, csengő rajta
  - L 251 4. Panasz
  - L 249 5. Virágéknál ég a világ
- BB 125 The Husband's Lament for voice and piano
  - L 285 Goat Song
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 45a Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csík
  - 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
Piano works
- BB 45b Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csík
  - L 22 1. Rubato
  - L 23 2. L'istesso tempo
  - L 24 3. Poco vivo
- BB 50 Fourteen Bagatelles, op. 6
  - L 25 4. Grave [Mikor gulyásbojtár voltam]
  - L 26 5. Vivo [Ej’ po pred naš, po pred naš]
- BB 51 Ten Easy Piano Pieces
  - L 27 6. Hungarian Folk Song
  - L 28 8. Folk Song
- BB 53 For Children
- BB 54 Seven Sketches, op. 9b
  - L 114 5. Romanian Folk Melody
- BB 66 First Term at the Piano
  - L 119 7. Népdal / Folksong
  - L 310 10. Népdal / Folksong
  - L 120 13. Hol voltál, báránykám? / Where Have You Been, My Lambkin?
  - L 121 15. Lakodalmas / Wedding Song
  - L 122 16. Paraszttánc / Peasant’s Dance
- BB 67 Romanian Christmas Songs
- BB 68 Romanian Folk Dances
- BB 69 Sonatina
- BB 79 Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs
- BB 80b Three Hungarian Folk Tunes
- BB 83 Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, op. 20
- BB 92 Three Rondos on Folktunes
  - L 215 1. Andante (1)
  - L 216 1. Andante (2)
  - L 217 1. Andante (3)
  - L 218 2. Vivacissimo (1)
  - L 219 2. Vivacissimo (2)
  - L 220 3. Allegro molto (1)
  - L 221 3. Allegro molto (2)
- BB 105 Mikrokosmos
  - L 310 74. Hungarian Song
  - L 311 95. Song of the Fox
  - L 312 112. Variations on a Folk Tune
  - L 313 127. New Hungarian Folk Song
- BB 113 Petite Suite
  - L 289 1. Slow Melody
  - L 293 1bis Walachian Dance
  - L 297 2. Whirling Dance
  - L 302 3. Quasi Pizzicato
  - L 278 4. Ukrainian Song
  - L 293 5. Bagpipe

L 181

4. Gajdujte, gajdence

Four Slovak Folk Songs for mixed voices and piano accompaniment (1916; BB 77)

The source of the melody:

Recording:

TF_1517a

Collecting:

Pónik/Poniky (Zólyom/Zvolenská County), November 1915, Béla Bartók

Informant:

Zuzana Spišiaková (40)

Performance:

voice

Ethnicity:

Slovakian

Remarks:

Bartók’s remark in the edition of the work: Dancing Song.

(A) MS field book: VII, p. 42 (4th melody)

(A*) Text collecting notebook: XII, fol. 24r

(B) MS master sheet: BSC, no. 834

Source of the words:

Recording:

TF_1428d

Collecting:

Padkóc/Podkonice (Zólyom/Zvolenská County), July 1915, Béla Bartók

Informant:

Mária Očenášová (44)

Performance:

voice

Ethnicity:

Slovakian

(A) MS field book: VI, p. 50 (5th melody)

(A*) Text collecting notebook: IX, fol. 16v–17r

(B) MS master sheet, copied by M. Ziegler, with Bartók’s later additions: BSC, no. 210b

(C) SLP/I, no. 210b

Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Piano: Krisztián Kocsis
Conductor: Zoltán Kocsis
Bartók New Series, Hungaroton Records, 2016

Gajdujte, gajdence,
Pôjdeme k frajerce!
Ej, gajdujte vesele,
Ej, že pôjdeme smele!

Zagajduj gajdoše!
Ešte mám dva groše:
Ej, jedon gajdošovi,
A druhý krčmárovi.

To bola kozička,
Čo predok vodila,
Ej, ale už nebude,
Ej, nôžky si zlomila.

Let the bagpipe blow,
We go to our sweetheart!
Hey, let it blow merrily,
Hey, sure we’ll go there!

Blow your bagpipe, piper!
I still have two coppers:
Hey, one for the piper,
The other for the innkeeper.

He was quite a goat
That led the flock;
Hey, but he doesn’t lead any more,
Hey, he broke his leg.

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