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Bartók wrote his 3rd Piano Concerto during the summer of 1945. By this time he was already gravely ill ; however, he was able to finish the score with the exception of the last seventeen bars, which he noted in a kind of musical shorthand. These last seventeen bars were deciphered and scored by...

DE ELEGIA PRIMA ALEPH. Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo! Facta est quasi vidua domina gentium: princeps provincianim facta est sub tributo. How doth the ci^ sit solUary, that wasfuUofpeopU! How is she become as a widow', she that was great among the nations, and princess among the...

Instrumentation 2 Flutes (2nd doubling Piccolo) 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in Bb and A (2nd doubling Bass Clarinet) 2 Bassoons (2nd doubling Double Bassoon) 2 Horns in F 2 Trumpets in C I Trombone I Bass Tuba Cimbalom* Strings * In the absence of a cimbalom player this part should be played on the...

Instrumentation2 Flutes (2nd doubling Piccolo) 2 Oboes2 Clarinets in Bj? and A (2nd doubling Bass Clarinet) 2 Bassoons (2nd doubling Double Bassoon) 2 Horns in F 2 Trumpets in C I Tronnbone I Bass Tuba Cimbalom* Strings* In the absence of a cimbalom player this part should be played on the piano...

NOTE For the performance of this work the orchestra should comprise not less than 6 first violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos and 2 double-basses. Pour l'exécution de cette oeuvre il faut employer au moins 6 premier violons, 6 deuxiemes violons, 4 altos, 4 violoncelles et 2...