Hungarian dance no.5

Description

The Hungarian Dances (German: Ungarische Tänze) by Johannes Brahms, are a set of 21 lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes. Only numbers 11, 14 and 16 are entirely original compositions. In fact, number 5 was based on the csardas by Kéler Béla titled "Bartfai emlek" which Brahms mistakenly thought was a traditional folksong. They vary from about a minute to four minutes in length. They are among Brahms' most popular works, and were certainly the most profitable for him. Each dance has been arranged for a wide variety of instruments and ensembles. Brahms originally wrote the version for piano four-hands and later arranged the first 10 dances for solo piano. The most famous Hungarian Dance is No. 5 in FâV™VYI minor (G minor in the orchestral version). This song is featured prominently in Charlie Chaplin's movie The Great Dictator and Friz Freleng's cartoon Pigs in a Polka, and briefly in the movie The Truce and in the comic movie Dracula: Dead and Loving It. In addition, Japanese rock band Dir en grey's song "Deity" is based upon the melody.