''Kállai kettős'', also referred to in English as ''Double-Dance from Kálló'', ''Kálló Two-Step'', ''Two Folksongs'', or its French form ''Kálló's pas de deux'', is an early vocal composition by Hungarian composer

György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde music, avant-garde composers in the latter half of the ...

. It was composed in 1950 and is one of Ligeti's collections of Hungarian pieces which the composer himself conceived as a whole.

Composition

This composition was written in 1950, when Ligeti was still living in Hungary. As Hungarian composer

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, Ligeti was very interested in adapting and arranging Hungarian traditional music with his own style. During this period, Hungary was going through a repressive Stalinist era. Ligeti himself commented once on one of its performances: Ligeti also composed other early vocal compositions based on Hungarian folksongs, such as Bujdosó and

Mátraszentimrei dalok ''Mátraszentimrei dalok'' () is a collection of songs after Hungarian folk tunes by Hungarian composer György Ligeti. They are strongly influenced by fellow composer Béla Bartók, who also used Hungarian folk songs as his basis for some of his ...

. This composition was never given a formal premiere, even though it was published by

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in 1952.

Analysis

The compositions is in two movements, which are the two different dances featured in it. It takes approximately three minutes to perform. Both of its movements are joined with an

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. The movement list is as follows: * 1. ''Fellülről fúj az őszi szél''. Andante * 2. ''Eb fél, kutya fél''. Allegro molto It is scored for a mixed choir consisting of

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tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...

s, and

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. The songs arranged in this composition are traditional songs from the Hungarian area of Kálló. The text has been translated into English by Laurie Anne McGowan as an adaptation, that is, not for performance.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kallai Kettos Choral compositions Compositions by György Ligeti 1950 compositions Contemporary classical compositions

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