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Bartók Béla: Mikrokosmos for piano III-IV

(Urtext) BB 105 (1932-1939)

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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: 112 pages
Format: 23,5 x 31 cm (K/4)
Weight: 0.438 kg
Published: March 2021
Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest Zeneműkiadó
Item number: 20084
ISMN: 9790080200841
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

67.
Thirds against a Single Voice
68.
Hungarian Dance
69.
Chord Study
70.
Melody against Double Notes
71.
Thirds
72.
Dragons' Dance
73.
Sixths and Triads
74.
Hungarian Song
75.
Triplets
76.
In Three Parts
77.
Little Study
78.
Five-tone Scale
79.
Hommage a J. S. B.
80.
Hommage a R. Sch.
81.
Wandering
82.
Scherzo
83.
Melody with Interruptions
84.
Merriment
85.
Broken Chords
86.
Two Major Pentachords
87.
Variations
88.
Duet for Pipes
89.
In Four Parts (1)
90.
In Russian Style
91.
Chromatic Invention (1)
92.
Chromatic Invention (2)
93.
In Four Parts (2)
94.
Tale
95.
Song of the Fox
96.
Stumblings
97.
Notturno
98.
Thumb Under
99.
Crossed Hands
100.
In the Style of a Folk Song
101.
Diminished Fifths
102.
Harmonics
103.
Minor and Major
104.
Wandering through the Keys
105.
Playsong (with two pentatonic scales)
106.
Children's Song
107.
Melody in the Mist
108.
Wrestling
109.
From the Island of Bali
110.
Clashing Sounds
111.
Intermezzo
112.
Variations on a Folk Tune
113.
Bulgarian Rhythm (1)
114.
Theme and Inversion
115.
Bulgarian Rhythm (2)
116.
Melody
117.
Bourrée
118.
Triplets in 9/8 Time
119.
Dance in 3/4 Time
120.
Fifth Chords
121.
Two-part Study
Separate Editions from the Bartók Critical Edition
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