BRAHMS, J. - Hungarian Dance No. 5 - Arranged for String Quartet by Gerald Manning

by Johannes Brahms (arr. Gerald Manning)

HUNGARIAN DANCE No. 5 – Orchestral Version in G minor.

The most famous Hungarian Dance is No. 5 in F-sharp minor (g minor in the orchestral version).According to George Martin, a prominent folklore expert, Hungarian dances can be divided into two categories. The first layer refers to dances performed in the middle ages.The second category relates to the 18th and 19th century.

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