Editing Cimbalom (section)

===Classical and contemporary music===
Many composers have written for the cimbalom. [[Zoltán Kodály]] made extensive use of the instrument in his orchestral suite ''[[Háry János]]'' which helped make the cimbalom known outside [[Eastern Europe]]. [[Igor Stravinsky]] was also an enthusiast.<ref name=":0" /> He owned a cimbalom which he purchased after hearing Aladár Rácz perform on the instrument. He included the cimbalom in his ballet ''[[Renard (Stravinsky)|Renard]]'' (1915–16), his ''Ragtime'' for eleven instruments, his original (1917) scoring for ''[[Les Noces]]'', and his ''Four Russian Songs''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schirmer.com/default.aspx?TabId=2419&State_2872=2&composerId_2872=1530 | title=Igor Stravinsky | access-date=2009-09-05}}</ref> [[Franz Liszt]] used the cimbalom in his ''Ungarischer Sturmmarsch'' (1876) and in the orchestral version of his ''[[Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6]]''. [[Béla Bartók]] used it in his ''[[Rhapsody No. 1 (Bartók)|Rhapsody No. 1]] for violin and orchestra'' (1928).

More recently, other composers including [[Pierre Boulez]], [[Peter Maxwell Davies]], [[Peter Eötvös]], [[György Kurtág]], [[Miklós Kocsár]], [[Richard Grimes]], [[Louis Andriessen]], and [[Peter Machajdík]] have made a great use of cimbalom in their works. [[Henri Dutilleux]] used it extensively in ''Mystère de l'Instant'' for chamber orchestra, and ''L'arbre des songes'' for violin & orchestra. [[Elvis Costello]]'s orchestral ballet score ''[[Il Sogno]]'' includes several extended cimbalom passages. [[Harrison Birtwistle]]'s operas ''[[Gawain (opera)|''Gawain'']]'' (1991) and ''[[The Minotaur (opera)|''The Minotaur'']]'' (2008) each utilize the cimbalom. [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]] uses the instrument prominently in his large 2012 symphonic oratorio ''[[The Gospel According to the Other Mary]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.therestisnoise.com/2012/06/the-adams-passion.html | title=John Adams's The Other Mary "Sacred Dissonance" |author=Alex Ross|magazine=The New Yorker|date=June 18, 2012}}</ref> as well as in his 2014 dramatic symphony ''[[Scheherazade.2]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/28/arts/music/review-john-adams-unveils-scheherazade2-an-answer-to-male-brutality.html | title=Review: John Adams Unveils "Scheherazade.2", an Answer to Male Brutality |author=Anthony Tommasini|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 27, 2015}}</ref> Cimbalom is used in a popular arrangement of [[Debussy]]'s ''[[La plus que lente]]'' which the composer approved but did not actually score. (''La plus que lente'' with cimbalom saw renewed popularity with its inclusion in world tours of the [[Budapest Gypsy Symphony Orchestra/100 Violins|Hundred Gypsy Violins]] starting in 1985.)