Concerto for Orchestra

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Concerto for Orchestra is a landmark 20th-century orchestral work by Béla Bartók that showcases the virtuosity of the entire orchestra through its symphonic scale and vivid, folk-influenced musical language.

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instanceOf 20th-century classical composition ⓘ
concerto ⓘ
orchestral work ⓘ
catalogueNumber BB 123 ⓘ
Sz. 116 ⓘ
commissionedBy Koussevitzky Music Foundation ⓘ
Serge Koussevitzky ⓘ
composer Béla Bartók ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Hungary ⓘ
dateComposed 1943 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Natalie Koussevitzky ⓘ
Serge Koussevitzky ⓘ
features contrapuntal textures ⓘ
prominent solos for various instruments ⓘ
rhythmic vitality ⓘ
use of folk-like themes ⓘ
virtuosic writing for entire orchestra ⓘ
firstPerformance 1 December 1944 ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
concerto for orchestra ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II era ⓘ
importance key work in the concerto for orchestra genre ⓘ
landmark 20th-century orchestral work ⓘ
influences Eastern European folk music ⓘ
Hungarian folk music ⓘ
key no single overall key (multi-tonal, with prominent use of B minor and other centers) ⓘ
languageOfWork instrumental (no text) ⓘ
movement I. Introduzione: Andante non troppo – Allegro vivace ⓘ
II. Giuoco delle coppie (Game of the Couples): Allegretto scherzando ⓘ
III. Elegia: Andante non troppo ⓘ
IV. Intermezzo interrotto: Allegretto ⓘ
V. Finale: Pesante – Presto ⓘ
notableSection parody of Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony in the Intermezzo interrotto ⓘ
numberOfMovements 5 ⓘ
placeComposed United States ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
premiereConductor Serge Koussevitzky ⓘ
premieredByEnsemble Boston Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
publisher Boosey & Hawkes ⓘ
reception considered one of Bartók’s most popular works ⓘ
immediately successful at its premiere ⓘ
relatedWorkOfComposer Dance Suite ⓘ
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta ⓘ
scoring full symphony orchestra ⓘ
structure symphonic scale with concerto-like treatment of sections ⓘ
style folk-influenced ⓘ
modernist ⓘ
tonalCharacter largely tonal with modal and chromatic elements ⓘ
yearOfCompletion 1943 ⓘ

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