These arrangements of "Rumanian Christmas Carols" for recorder ensemble have the same pedagogical aim as the "Hungarian Dances" (UE 17574) which are set for the same instruments.
Among other things, what sets Béla Bartók apart from most of his European contemporaries is the constancy of his contact with folk music. His research of Hungarian peasant music began out of purely musical motives. It extended gradually to the folk music of the neighboring countries in order to study relationships a...