They are arrangements from 'Játékok' made in the following sequence of movements: Fanfare I. - Dirge I. - Beating I. - Dirge II. - Fanfare II. - Hommage á Paganini (La nuova campanella) - Appendix: Beating II. Kurtág dedicated the work composed in 1978 to the trombone artist Erika Bereczki. Its premiére was given with the participation of Steven Kovács Tickmayer in Amsterdam in 1997.