Bartók Piano Collection Book 1
Description
Béla Bartók (1881–1945) is widely acknowledged as one of the most distinguished and influential composers of the twentieth century. Born in Hungary to a musical family, he became a leading international concert pianist and educator, studying and later teaching at the Budapest Royal Academy of Music. A pioneering ethnomusicologist, Bartók collected thousands of folk songs during his travels across central Europe. Their influence can be traced throughout his compositional canon including such seminal concert works as Violin Concerto No 2 (1937–38) and Concerto for Orchestra (1943).
The Definitive Bartók Edition brings together selected highlights from the definitive imprints of pedagogical masterpieces Mikrokosmos (1926–1937) and For Children (1908–09, revised 1943) alongside excerpts from Romanian Folk Dances (1915) and Romanian Christmas Carols (1915) in two companion volumes for the very first time.
Songlist
- St George's Day (For Children I/2) - Come Home, Lidi (For Children I/3) - Melody with Accompaniment (Mikrokosmos no 41)
- Children's Song (For Children II/9) - Mourning Song (For Children II/10) - In Yugoslav Style (Mikrokosmos no 40)
- Ploughing (For Children II/14)
- Rogue's Song / Sorrow (For Children II/7)
- Bagatelle No 6 (Fourteen Bagatelles no 6)
- Baking Song (For Children I/1)
- County Fair (Mikrokosmos no 47)
- The Lost Couple (For Children I/11) - The Two Roses (For Children II/11)
- Three Roses (For Children II/11)
- My Lover's Mother (For Children II/12)
- Where Are Your Geese (For Children II/13)
- Slovakiyn Folk Song (Ten Easy Pieces no 8)
- In The Garden (For Children I/26)
- Carol No 4 (Romanian Christmas Carols set II, no 4)
- Carol No 7 (Romanian Christmas Carols set II, no 7) - Triplets (Mikrokosmos no 75)
- Farewell (For Children II/34)
- Duet for Pipes (Mikrokosmos no 88) - Kitty, Kitty (For Children I/5)
- Round Dance (For Children I/17)
- Bagatelle No 4 (Fourteen Bagatelles no 4) - Variations (Mikrokosmos no 87)
- From the Island of Bali (Mikrokosmos no 109)
- Chrildren's Dance (For Children I/10)