Bartók: Rumanian Folk Dances Sz.56 1. Joc cu Bată - string quartet
by Bela Bartok
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Composed by Bela Bartok. Arranged by Ray Thompson. 20th Century,Folk. 6 pages. RayThompsonMusic #6431467. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.553990).

Romanian Folk Dances  Sz. 56, BB 68 is a suite of six short piano pieces composed by Béla Bartók in 1915. He later orchestrated it for small ensemble in 1917 as Sz. 68, BB 76.

It is based on seven Romanian tunes from Transylvania, originally played on fiddle or shepherd's flute.

The original name for the piece was titled Romanian Folk Dances from Hungary but was later changed by Bartók when Transylvania became part of Romania in 1920. It is nowadays available in the 1971 edition which is written with key signatures although Bartók rarely ever used key signatures.

This set of dances consists of six movements

This is No.1

  1. Bot tánc / Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance)

The melody of the first movement, according to Bartók, came from the Mezőszabad (present-day Voiniceni) village that was part of Mezőcsávás (present-day Ceuașu de Câmpie) commune which was located in the Maros-Tordaadministrative county within Transylvania, and he first heard it when two gypsy violinists were playing it.

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