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Bartok: Romanian Christmas Carols Sz.57  Bk.1  Nos. 1 - 10 - wind quintet

Bartok: Romanian Christmas Carols Sz.57 Bk.1 Nos. 1 - 10 - wind quintet

Arranged standard wind quintet

Romanian Christmas Carols, Sz, 57, BB 67 (Hungarian: Román kolindadallamok) is a set of little colinde, typical Christmas songs from Romanian villages, habitually sung by small groups of children, adapted in 1915 for piano.
 

This work consists of twenty little songs put together into two major series.

The  ten carols from the 1st book are arranged here for standard wind quintet. The instruments do NOT play tutti all the time and the melodies are shared amongst of the instruments

 

They are listed as follows

1."Pă cel plai de munte" (from the region of Várhely, in Hunyad). Allegro

2."Intreabă si-ntreabă" (from the region of Malomvíz, in Hunyad). Allegro

3."Doi roagă să, roagă" (from the region of Malomvíz, in Hunyad). Allegro

4."Ciucur verde de mătasă" (from the region of Temesmonostor, in Temes). Andante

5."Coborâto, coborâto" (from the region of Alsóvisó, in Máramaros). Allegro moderato


6."În patru cornuți de lume" (from the region of Görgényorsova, in Maros-Torda). Andante 7."La lină fântână" (from the region of Sárafalva, in Torontál). Andante 8."Noi umblăm da corindare" (from the region of Sárafalva, in Torontál). Allegretto 9."Noi acum ortacilor" (from the region of Bisztra, in Torda-Aranyos). Allegro 10"Trei crai de la Răsărit" (from the region of Rogos, in Bihar). Più allegro

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