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Zoltán Kodály
Székely Fonó / Spinnery (The Spinning Room) / Spinnstube

Album HU 1963 on Qualiton label
Classical (Opera)

Recordings: Székely fonó János Ferencsik 1963 (Qualiton) and Székely fonó János Ferencsik 1971 (Hungaroton) 2 LP, reissued on CD as Spinning Room Hungaroton with Orchestral songs: Kadar Kata (Mother Listen) Kallai kettos (Double dance of Kallo) and The Ballad of Annie Miller, 'From distant mountains'. *1 Info: Székelyfonó (The Spinning Room) is a one-act theatre piece with music by Zoltán Kodály from Hungarian folk songs.[1] The work is described as ‘Daljáték egy felvonásban’, folk songs in one act.[2] First created in 1924 as a short cabaret with a small accompanying orchestral ensemble, Kodály expanded the work, with mime but without dialogue for a full production at the Royal Hungarian Opera House, Budapest in 1932. The songs and dances are taken from Transylvanian folk music, and include spinning choruses and musical pictures representing death, burial, betrothal and marriage folk-rituals.[3] The work is sometimes referred to as The Transylvanian Spinning Room in English. *2

Musicians

	Zoltán Kodály , 1882-1967 HU album by
	Tiszay Magda voc, alto vocals
	Uher Zita alto vocals
	Imre Palló voc, baritone vocals
	Rösler Endre , 1904-1963 baritone vocals
	Magyar Rádió És Televízió Énekkara , choir
	János Ferencsik org, vn, 1907-1984 HU conductor
	Magyar Rádió És Televízió Szimfónikus Zenekara , orchestra
	Szecsődy Irén voc, 1917-2001 soprano vocals
	Udvardy Tibor voc, tenor vocals

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