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The Microcosm of String Ensemble Music 1
based on Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos - Elementary (first position)
Sheet music and online access code
1. Elementary (first position): for three violins and cello or children's string orchestra (Z. 20031)
2. Intermediate: for three violins and cello or string quartet or junior string orchestra (Z. 20032)
3. Advanced: for string quartet and quintet or string orchestra (Z. 20033)
4. Advanced: for string orchestra (Z. 20034)
Following Bartók's example, Volume 1 includes preparatory exercises, designed for practicing the more challenging technical and musical tasks, in the appendix. At the end of the volume, there are also notes on some of the pieces.
This publication is printed on high-quality, age-resistant paper that is produced in an environmentally-friendly, climate-neutral manner using renewable raw materials.
Contents
1. | Six Unison Melodies (orig. 1) | |
2. | Six Unison Melodies (orig. 2a) | |
3. | Six Unison Melodies (orig. 2b) | |
4. | Six Unison Melodies (orig. 3) | |
5. | Six Unison Melodies (orig. 5) | |
6. | Six Unison Melodies (orig. 6) | |
7. | Repetition (1) (orig. 8) | |
8. | Dotted Notes (orig. 7) | |
9. | Syncopation (1) (orig. 9) | |
10. | Four Unison Melodies (orig. 18) | |
11. | Four Unison Melodies (orig. 19) | |
12. | Four Unison Melodies (orig. 20) | |
13. | Four Unison Melodies (orig. 21) | |
14. | Melody with an Octave-shift (orig. 10, With Alternate Hands) | |
15. | Melody with a Quintal-shift (orig. 13, Change of Position) | |
16. | Question and Answer (orig. 14) | |
17. | Village Song (orig. 15) | |
18. | Parallel Motion (1) (orig. 11) | |
19. | Parallel Motion (2) (orig. 16, Parallel Motion and Change of Position) | |
20. | Melody in Tenths (orig. 56) | |
21. | Contrary Motion (1) (orig. 17) | |
22. | Reflection (orig. 12) | |
23. | Staccato and Legato (1) (orig. 38) | |
24. | Imitation and Counterpoint (orig. 22) | |
25. | Imitation and Inversion (1) (orig. 23) | |
26. | Pastorale (orig. 24) | |
27. | Imitation and Inversion (2) (orig. 25) | |
28. | Repetition (2) (orig. 26) | |
29. | Syncopation (2) (orig. 27) | |
30. | Canon at the Octave (orig. 28) | |
31. | Imitation Reflected (orig. 29) | |
32. | Canon at the Lower Fifth (orig. 30) | |
33. | Little Dance in Canon Form (orig. 31) | |
34. | Canon with Sustained Notes (orig. 60) | |
35. | Line and Point (orig. 64a) | |
36. | Thirds against a Single Voice (orig. 67) | |
37. | In Three Parts (orig. 76) | |
38. | Free Canon (orig. 36) | |
39. | Increasing - Diminishing (orig. 46) | |
40. | Chorale (orig. 35) | |
41. | Staccato and Legato (2, Canon) (orig. 39) | |
42. | Big Fair (orig. 47) |