The works of which composer, born in Hamburg in 1833, include a series of 21 Hungarian Dances?
Hungarian Dances (Brahms) Hungarian Dances include Nos. 1 and 5, the latter which was based on the csárdás "" (Memories of Bártfa) by Hungarian composer Béla Kéler, which Brahms mistakenly thought was a traditional folksong. A footnote on the Ludwig-Masters edition of a modern orchestration of Hungarian Dance No.1 states: "The material for this dance is believed to have come from the "Divine Csárdás" (ca. 1850) of Hungarian composer and conductor Miska Borzó." Brahms wrote orchestral arrangements for Nos. 1, 3 and 10. Other composers have orchestrated the other dances. These composers include Antonín Dvořák (Nos. 17 to 21), Andreas Hallén (Nos. 2,
Dances of Galánta Dances of Galánta Dances of Galánta (Galántai táncok) is a 1933 orchestral work by Zoltán Kodály. The piece was composed on commission for the 80th anniversary of the Budapest Philharmonic Society. It is based on folk music of Galánta (now part of Slovakia), where Kodály lived for several years. The composer remarked: "At that time there existed a famous Gypsy band...This was the first 'orchestral' sonority that came to the ears of the child...About 1800 some books of Hungarian dances were published in Vienna, one of which contained music 'after several Gypsies from Galánta'...the composer has taken his principal themes