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Bartók Béla: Mikrokosmos for piano I-II

(Urtext) BB 105 (1932-1939)

sheet music

Edited by Nakahara, Yusuke
Setting: Piano
Series: Separate Editions from the Bartók Critical Edition
Genre: Pedagogical performance pieces
Period: 20th Century
Language: Hungarian, English
Length: 72 pages
Format: 23,5 x 31 cm (K/4)
Weight: 0.294 kg
Published: March 2021
Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest Zeneműkiadó
Item number: 20083
ISMN: 9790080200834
Bartók's Mikrokosmos has been one of the milestones in pedagogical piano repertoire for 80 years - and yet it is also far more than a "classical" piano primer. These 153 piano pieces, organized in ascending order of difficulty, engage not only with technical aspects of piano playing but also with the fundamentals of composition - from "Imitation and Inversion," "Ostinato," and "Free Variations," concerning compositional technique, to mood pieces and pieces with programmatic ideas such as "Notturno," "Boating," "From the Diary of a Fly," or the famous "Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm." Mikrokosmos first appeared in 1940 in six volumes. Based on volume 40 of the Bartók Complete Edition published in 2020 (Z. 15040), the present Urtext edition offers the series gathered in three volumes. This edition includes Bartók's preface, exercises, and notes written for the first edition. Furthermore, it also features a preface and comments by the editor, which not only discuss the genesis and the compositional sources but also provide performers, teachers and pupils alike, with authentic and detailed information about Bartók's notation and the specific performing problems of Mikrokosmos.

Contents

1.
Unison Melodie
2.
Unison Melodie
3.
Unison Melodie
4.
Unison Melodie
5.
Unison Melodie
6.
Unison Melodie
7.
Dotted Notes
8.
Repetition (1)
9.
Syncopation (1)
10.
With Alternate Hands
11.
Parallel Motion
12.
Reflection
13.
Change of Position
14.
Question and Answer
15.
Village Song
16.
Parallel Motion and Change of Position
17.
Contrary Motion (1)
18.
Unison Melodie
19.
Unison Melodie
20.
Unison Melodie
21.
Unison Melodie
22.
Imitation and Counterpoint
23.
Imitation and Inversion (1)
24.
Pastorale
25.
Imitation and Inversion (2)
26.
Repetition (2)
27.
Syncopation (2)
28.
Canon at the Octave
29.
Imitation Reflected
30.
Canon at the Lower Fifth
31.
Little Dance in Canon Form
32.
In Dorian Mode
33.
Slow Dance
34.
In Phrygian Mode
35.
Chorale
36.
Free Canon
37.
In Lydian Mode
38.
Staccato and Legato (1)
39.
Staccato and Legato (2, Canon)
40.
In Yugoslav Style
41.
Melody with Accompaniment
42.
Accompaniment in Broken Triads
43.
In Hungarian Style
44.
Contrary Motion (2)
45.
Méditation
46.
Increasing - Diminishing
47.
Big Fair
48.
In Mixolydian Mode
49.
Crescendo - Diminuendo
50.
Minuetto
51.
Waves
52.
Monody Divided
53.
In Transylvanian Style
54.
Chromatic
55.
Triplets in Lydian Mode
56.
Melody in Tenths
57.
Accents
58.
In Oriental Style
59.
Major and Minor
60.
Canon with Sustained Notes
61.
Pentatonic Melody
62.
Minor Sixths in Parallel Motion
63.
Buzzing
64.
Line and Point
65.
Dialogue
66.
Melody Divided
Separate Editions from the Bartók Critical Edition
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