Talk:List of compositions by Béla Bartók

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[edit] Sz. Number for "Romanian Folk Dances" (1915)

My own independent research leads me to believe that the Sz. number for the 1915 "Romanian Folk Dances" is 56, not 68. (Its BB. number would be 68.) I suspect that the person who entered this information was momentarily confused by the varying numbering systems for Bartók's work, since the 1917 "Romanian Folk Dances" for small orchestra has an Sz. number of 68 (and a BB. number of 76). Put simply, the author used the BB. number for the 1915 piece instead of the Sz. number, and then used that (incorrect) Sz. number to find the corresponding BB. number. (This is confirmed by the presence on the list of two "Romantic Folk Dances" compositions with an Sz. number of 68 and BB. number of 76.) I have since corrected the 1915 label. --Rckent (talk) 02:25, 4 May 2008 (UTC)