Jocuri Poporale Romanesti
Béla Bartók (trans. Yo Goto)
This work may also appear under its title in English, Roumanian Folk Dances.
General Info
Year: 1915 / 1999
Duration: c. 7:10
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.50
Movements
1. Jocuri cu Bâtă (Stick Dance) - 1:27
2. Brâul (Sash Dance) - 0:55
3. Pe Loc (In One Spot) - 1:50
4. Buciumeana (Dance from Buscum) - 1:48
5. Poarga Românească (Roumanian Polka)
6. Măţruntelul (Fast Dance) - 1:35
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
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 Romania occupied and finally annexed Transylvania between 1918 and 1920.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Six dance movements segue between haunting beauty and wild excitement. Seasoned composer Yo Goto skillfully translates Bartók's intentions in a surprisingly accessible manner with no loss of intensity.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Legacy High School Wind Symphony (Adam Hoffman, conductor) - 2018
- Audio CD: The Woodlands High School Wind Ensemble (Harry Begian, conductor) – 2003
State Ratings
- Florida: V
- Georgia: V
- Louisiana: V
- Texas: IV. Complete
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- St. Louis (Mo.) Wind Symphony (Dan Presgrave, conductor) - 1 October 2023
- University of Nevada Reno Chamber Winds (Darian Larsen, conductor) - 7 April 2022
- Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) Symphonic Winds (Ryan Scherber, conductor) – 26 January 2020
- Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) Symphonic Winds (Bethany Nickel, conductor) – 18 November 2019
- Florida State University (Tallahassee) Wind Orchestra (Stephanie DeLuca, conductor) – 27 September 2019
- Blythewood (S.C.) High School Wind Symphony (Quintus Wrighten, conductor) - 21 March 2019
- The Woodlands (Tx.) High School Band (Harry Begian, conductor) – 20 December 2003 (2003 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- For Children (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kurokawa) (1909/1945/2014)
- Romanian Folk Dances (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Nakamura) (1915/2017)
All Wind Works
- Allegro Barbaro (arr. Roman) (1911)
- Allegro Barbaro (arr. Wallace) (1911/1995)
- Bartok Folk Rhapsody (arr. McGinty) (/2004)
- Bartok: Folk Trilogy (arr. McGinty) (1992)
- Bartok for Band (arr. Schaeffer) (/1981)
- Bartok for Children, three pieces (arr. Finlayson) (1909/1966)
- Bartok Sketches
- A Bartok Suite (arr. Clark) (1909/1997)
- Bear Dance (arr. Leidzén) (1909/1931/1955)
- Changing Time (arr. Schaeffer) (1909/1984)
- Children's Album (arr. Gordon) (1909/1957)
- Country Dance (arr. Henderson, Stoutamire) (1976)
- Dance Suite (arr. Suzuki) (1923/2000)
- Dance Suite (arr. Vandenberghe) (1923/)
- Divertimento (arr. Abe) (1939/2015-2017)
- Evening in the Country (arr. Suchoff) (1908/1931/1970)
- Evening in the Village (arr. Leidzén) (1908/1931/1955)
- Folk Song and Dance (arr. McGinty) (1988)
- Folk Song Suite (tr. Erickson) 1909/1968)
- Folk Trilogy (arr. McGinty) (1992)
- For Children (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kurokawa) (1909/1945/2-14)
- Four Pieces for Band (arr. Suchoff) (1961)
- Four Sketches (arr. Schaefer) (1908/1963)
- Hungarian Folk Song (arr. Castle) (1975)
- Hungarian Folk Suite (arr. Gordon) (1967)
- In a Quiet Mood (arr. Applebaum) (1909/1972)
- Jocùri Poporale Romanesti (arr. Goto) (1999)
- Little Suite (arr. Lijnschooten)
- Maypole Dance
- The Miraculous Mandarin (arr. Morita) (1918-1924/2017)
- Nocturne (arr. Gardner) (1908/1931/1962)
- Petite Suite (tr. Cushing) (1936/1963)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 (1926)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 (1932)
- Play (arr. Pharmer) (1909/1969)
- Rhapsody for Children (arr. Erickson) (1909/1969)
- Roumanian Folk Dances (arr. Goto). See: Jocùri Poporale Romanesti
- Romanian Folk Dances (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Nakamura) (1915/2017)
- Second Movement from "Streichquartett nr. 2" (arr. Koh) (1915-1917/2006)
- Silly Story (arr. Gordon) (1909/1974)
- Song of the Mountain Horn (arr. La Plante) (2013)
- Suite No. 14 (1916/)
- Swineherd's Dance (arr. Suchoff) (1908/1931/1962)
- Three Bartok Themes (arr. Pharmer) (1971)
- Three Folk Songs (1907/)
- Three Hungarian Songs (arr. Gordon) (1975)
- Three Pieces for Children
- Two Bagatelles for Band (arr. Gardner) (1970)
- Two Pieces (arr. Lijnschooten)
- Two Portraits (arr. Hanna)
- Two Songs and a Dance (arr. Hastings) (1976)
Resources
- Bartók, B.; Goto, Y. (1999). Jocuri Poporale Romanesti = Roumanian Folk Dances [score]. Bravo Music: Deerfield Beach, Fla.
- Perusal score
- Roumanian Folk Dances, Wikipedia Accessed 24 September 2019