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Romanian Folk Dances for Violin and Orchestra (Bartok)

$55.00

Romanian Folk Dances for Violin and Orchestra - PDF Score (11 x 17 inches) and Parts (8.5 x 11 inches)

This item is a zipped file that contains a PDF of the score and a PDFs of all parts.

Digital downloads are non-refundable.

The purchase of this item entitles you to download, save, and print ONE copy of the score and one copy of each part for each performer (for example, if you have 4 1st clarinets, you may print 4 copies of that part). (This includes the right to make a replacement copies in the event of damage or destruction.) The purchase of this item does not include the conveyance of copyright. You do not have the right to distribute this material to any third party, by any means. The copyright holder maintains all rights over their intellectual property. By submitting your order you demonstrate your acknowledgment of, and agreement to, these conditions.

Romanian Folk Dances for Violin and Orchestra - PDF Score (11 x 17 inches) and Parts (8.5 x 11 inches)

This item is a zipped file that contains a PDF of the score and a PDFs of all parts.

Digital downloads are non-refundable.

The purchase of this item entitles you to download, save, and print ONE copy of the score and one copy of each part for each performer (for example, if you have 4 1st clarinets, you may print 4 copies of that part). (This includes the right to make a replacement copies in the event of damage or destruction.) The purchase of this item does not include the conveyance of copyright. You do not have the right to distribute this material to any third party, by any means. The copyright holder maintains all rights over their intellectual property. By submitting your order you demonstrate your acknowledgment of, and agreement to, these conditions.

This arrangement of Béla Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances for Violin and Orchestra was created in October and November 2025.  Commissioned by Midori for her Orchestra Residencies Program, it was arranged for her to perform with beginning and intermediate level youth orchestras.  This arrangement uses the violin part exactly as arranged by Zoltán Székely in his 1926 version for violin and piano, whereas the orchestra parts are based on Bartók’s original piano version from 1915 and his own orchestration for small orchestra from 1917. 

The woodwind, brass, and percussion parts are optional—this work may be performed by string orchestra only.  It may also be performed with full forces but with some of the woodwind, brass, and percussion parts omitted according to the availability of each orchestra (such as leaving out Trumpet 4, Horn 3, Bass Drum, Bassoon, Oboes, etc.) There are also ossia parts in the strings in some of the movements for players that are at a more intermediate level, as well as a very easy optional violin part in the first and final movements.

Instrumentation:

2 Flutes

2 Oboes

3 Clarinets in Bb

Bassoon

 

3 Horns in F

4 Trumpets in Bb

2 Trombones

1 Tuba

 

Timpani

4 Percussionists:

Glockenspiel and Snare Drum

Triangle

Cymbals (Clash Cymbals and Suspended Cymbal)

Bass Drum

 

Solo Violin

 

Violin I

Violin II

Violin III (optional simplified part for beginners, in mvt. I and VI only)

Violas

Cellos

Double Basses