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Hora Romaneasca
ISWC T-314.854.559.5 Hora dance (from Wikimedia)

This piece, composed in 2012, sounds like dance music from Eastern Europe. “Hora”, or “horo” depending on areas, is a kind of circle dance, quite popular in the Balkans and in Southeast Europe.

To listen to this dance (an MP3 clip), click here.

The piece is writtten for alto sax (in E flat) and piano. If you play these instruments, you may download the corresponding score and perform it, on a non-profit basis, just for your pleasure. To download the (PDF) score, and alto sax part, click here.

This score is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License – NonCommercial – ShareAlike 3.0 France. For any use of this work not covered by this license, you must obtain the permission from SACEM (www.sacem.fr/en).