Look insideMiklós Rózsa (1907–1995) North Hungarian Peasant Songs and Dances Op. 5
Small Suite [vl,orch] 1929 Duration: 9'
solo: vl – 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.0.0 – timp.perc – hp – str
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As a child, Miklós Rózsa often spent his summers on his family’s estate north of Budapest. There, in the fields and villages, he listened to the music of the Páloc, a northern Hungarian ethnic group. He later traveled through the region and – inspired by the works of his role models Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály – wrote down the songs he heard there as inspiration for his own compositions.
Rózsa composed the North Hungarian Peasant Songs and Dances op. 5 towards the end of his studies in Leipzig in 1929, drawing on melodies he had heard in northern Hungary. There are four movements in the order slow – fast – slow – fast, each with its own melody. The work is dedicated to the violinist Lászlo Szentgyörgyi and is also known as “Little Suite for Violin and Orchestra”.
CD:
Isabella Lippi (violin), John Novacek (piano)
KOCH 3-7256-2
Bibliography:
Bally, Juliane: Miklós Rózsa. Ausbildung und kammermusikalisches Frühwerk als Basis für das filmmusikalische Schaffen am Beispiel Ben Hur, Saarbrücken: PFAU 2012, pp. 97-109.
| 1. Molto tranquillo |
| 2. Allegro giusto |
| 3. Andante sostenuto |
| 4. Allegro giocoso |
