L 174

1. Ej, posluchajte málo

Slovak Folk Songs for four-part men's chorus (1917; BB 78)

The source of the melody:

Recording:
TF_1433a
Collecting:
Padkóc/Podkonice (Zólyom/Zvolenská County), July 1915, Béla Bartók
Informant:
Róza Slivková (60)
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Slovakian
Remarks:
Movements 1 and 4 of the work are based on the same folk song.

(A) MS field book: VI, p. 53 (7th melody)

(A*) Text collecting notebook: IX, fol. 22r

(B) MS master sheet, copied by M. Zeigler, with Bartók’s additions: BSC, no. 25a (reproduced in: SFS, no. 25a)

(C) "The Folks Songs of Hungary" (1928), BÖI, 755; Essays, 337; BBI/1, 134.

(D) SLP/I, no. 25a

Source of the words:

Collecting:
Pozsony (now: Bratislava), April 1917, Béla Bartók
Informant:
soldiers
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Slovakian

(A) MS field book: VIII, p. 29 (6th melody)

(A*) Text collecting notebook: XIII, fol. 77r–v

(B) MS master sheet: BSC, no. 409.

(C)SLP/I, no. 409

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

Score

Ej, posluchajte málo kamarádi moji:
Budem vám hovoriť o mém bojovaní.

Ej, v mestečku Lubline velká vojna stála,
Slnce sa zatmelo, krv sa zalievala.

Zalievala ona naše verné oči,
Ach, Bože z vysosti, buď nám na pomoci!

Hey, listen to me, my comrades:
I tell you about my fights.

Hey, there was a great battle in the
town of Lublin,
The sun darkened, the blood poured
forth.

It poured forth on our faithful eyes,
Oh, Most High Lord, help us!