Béla Bartók

Romanian Christmas Carols

Romanian Christmas Carols, Sz, 57, BB 67 () is a set of little colinde, typical Christmas songs from Romanian villages, habitually sung by small groups of children, adapted in 1915 by Hungarian

Structure#

This work consists of twenty little songs put together into two major series. The movements are listed as follows: Series A Series B The movement numbered XVIIb is generally appended to the previous one, and, in publications, the variation is represented as a single movement, even though it is clearly specified where the reprise begins. Bartók also wrote a concert version with slight variations to the original version. These changes consist mostly of denser chords and octaves.

Notable recordings#

Notable recordings of this composition include:

Composer: Béla Bartók