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JOHANNES BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 5
Arranged for bassoon quartet by Michael A. Grant
 
Brahms’ series of 21 Hungarian Dances for four-hand piano was completed in 1869, and has since become one of his most popular works. The most famous of these dances – number 5 – was based on the piece ‘Memories of Bártfa’ by Béla Kéler, although Brahms (like Bizet with his Habanera) mistakenly thought it was a traditional folk tune.
 
This arrangement can be performed as a bassoon quartet or (by eliminating the optional 4th part) as a trio.