European Journey

László Zempléni, the author or reviser of a large number of pedagogical volumes published by EMB, has this time arranged European folk songs for young band.

The following songs feature in the volume: "Laß' doch meine Jugend" (German), "My native land" (Irish), "Ah mon beau ch teau" (French), "Kom, skal i klippe" (Norwegian), "Moj llokumja me sheqer" (Albanian), "Ma come balli bella bimba" (Italian) and "Az oláhok, az oláhok" (Hungarian). The pieces can be performed as a coherent series or separately, and conductors can select from them to form 2-, 3- or 4-movement groups.

Instrumentation: (picc), 4 fl1, 4 fl2, (ob1), (ob2), (fg1), (fg2), 4 cl1 Bb, 4 cl2 Bb, 4 cl3 Bb, (cl a Eb), (cl b Bb), (sax a1 Eb), (sax a2 Eb), (sax t Bb), (sax bar Eb) - 3 crnt1 Bb, 3 crnt2 Bb, 2 tr1 Bb, 2 tr2 Bb, 2 tr3 Bb, 2 cor1, 2 cor2, 2 trb1, 2 trb2, 2 trb3, 2 euf1 C/Bb, 2 euf2 C/Bb, 2 tb1, 2 tb2 - (timp), 5 perc (glsp, xyl, tamb b, 2 ptto sosp, tamb mil, 3 tomt, ptti, 3 t bl, gr c, trgl, whip