Hungarian Dance No. 1

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Composer Brahms, Johannes
Arranger Beek, Wil van der
Instumentation Concert Band
Grade 4
Duration

3:20

Genre Classical Transcriptions/ Concert Music/ Dance
Series

Concert Band Series

Included Parts

Piccolo
Flute 1, 2
Oboe 1, 2
Bassoon 1, 2
Eb Clarinet
Bb Clarinet 1
Bb Clarinet 2
Bb Clarinet 3
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone 1, 2
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet 1
Bb Trumpet 2
F Horn 1
F Horn 2
F Horn 3, 4
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
Euphonium
Tuba
Double Bass
Mallet Percussion
Timpani
Percussion 1
Percussion 2

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Format

DIN A4

Article

SMP-10-0235

Description

Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) was a German composer, who was very successful with his 21 Hungarian Dances for piano four-hands. The gypsy melodies used in these are not original folk tunes, but Brahms probably copied them from a Hungarian violinist with whom he traveled for a long time as an accompanist at the piano. All dances were orchestrated; most of them by great contemporaries, including Antonin Dvorak (who himself composed two successful series of Slavonic Dances).

Hungarian Dance No.1 is in 2/4 time (as are all 21 Hungarian Dances!), is rich in syncopation, and has a fast tempo; typical is the sudden stop via an unexpected fermata, after which a fast tempo is resumed (bar 88), an approach that occurs more often in these 21 dances.

Hungarian Dance No. 1

Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) was a German composer, who was very successful with his 21 Hungarian Dances for piano four-hands. The gypsy melodies used in these are not original folk tunes, but Brahms probably copied them from a Hungarian violinist with whom he traveled for a long time as an accompanist at the piano. All dances were orchestrated; most of them by great contemporaries, including Antonin Dvorak (who himself composed two successful series of Slavonic Dances).

Hungarian Dance No.1 is in 2/4 time (as are all 21 Hungarian Dances!), is rich in syncopation, and has a fast tempo; typical is the sudden stop via an unexpected fermata, after which a fast tempo is resumed (bar 88), an approach that occurs more often in these 21 dances.

Hungarian Dance No. 1