Hungarian Dances No. 5

One of the first admirers of Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances was Johannes Brahms. Inspired by Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies and his own long-standing interest in Romani folklore, Brahms had composed his renowned Hungarian Dances a few years earlier. The fifth and most famous dance in the collection features a czardas by violinist and composer Béla Kéler, which Brahms mistook for a folk tune.