Kinizsi (arr. Borodach)

Julius Fučik

Subtitle: Hungarian Concert March
This work bears the designation Opus 80.

General Info

Year: ca. 1910 / 2021
Duration:
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Brass band
Publisher: Jon Borodach
Cost: Score and Parts - Contact Jon Borodach

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Solo Trumpet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV-V
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Baritone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Kinizsi, Op. 80 by Julius Fučik, is a concert march celebrating Hungary’s most popular and successful military general, Pál Kinizsi (1432-1492). Although this march is popular throughout Hungary and Eastern European, it is not often performed outside of the continent and is certainly not as well known as Fučik’s very popular Florentiner March, which is a staple for bands and orchestras throughout the world.

Kinizsi displays the compositional craft for which Fučik (a student of Antonín Dvořák) is known, with clear phrase structure, memorable melodies and evocative orchestration. Here the original version for European brass band, which included variously pitched tubas and trumpets as well as a consort of flugelhorns, has been re-scored for the instruments of our modern wind band.

- Program Note from University of Northern Colorado Symphonic Band concert program, 30 November 2021

The Kinizsi March is dedicated to the memory of the Hungarian national hero, Pál Kiniszi, a commoner who led Hungary to victory over the Ottoman Turks in 1479.

- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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University of Northern Colorado (Greeley) Symphonic Band (Jon Borodach, conductor) – 30 November 2021 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Children of the Regiment (tr. Bourgeois) (ca. 1915/1996)
Concertino for Bassoon (arr. Belohoubek) (2015)
Der alto Brummbar. See: The Old Grumbly Bear and The Old Sore-Head
Entry of the Gladiators (arr. Balent) (1900/2004)
Entry of the Gladiators (arr. Holcombe Jr.) (1900)
Entry of the Gladiators (tr. Laurendeau; arr. Seredy) (1900/1936)
Entry of the Gladiators (tr. Laurendeau; arr. Seredy; ed. Ragsdale) (1900/1997)
Fanfare Sounds (arr. Bourgeois) (2017)
Florentiner (arr. Lake, ed. Fennell) (1907/1980)
Florentiner March (ed. Bourgeois) (1907/1999)
Florentiner March (arr. Rossi) (1907/2007)
Gigantic (arr. Sip) (2002/2016)
Kinizsi (ed. Ohnmeiss)
Kinizsi (arr. Borodach)
Marinarella (arr. Beek) (1907/2005)
Mississippi River (arr. Studnitzky) (1902/1995)
The Old Grumbly Bear (arr. Glover) (1910/2004)
The Old Sore-Head (arr. Rogers) (1910/2000)
Thunder and Blazes (arr. Foster Jr.) (1900/2011)
Unter Der Admirals Flagge (Singerling) (1983)
Victory Trophies (arr. Sip) (1915/2002/2016)

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Kinizsi Marsch." Accessed 2 July 2015.
Jon Borodach, personal correspondence, December 2021