Béla Bartók

Mikrokosmos 3

153 Progressive Piano Pieces

piano

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Details

For

piano

Product Type

Music score

Author/ Composer

Difficulty Level

2

Languages

german, english, french, hungarian

Release Year

1987

Description

The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic. Includes an introduction by the composer's son Peter Bartók. In 1945 Bela Bartok described 'Mikrokosmos' as a cycle of 153 pieces for piano written for 'didactic' purposes, seeing them as a series of pieces in many different styles, representing a small world, or as the 'world of the little ones, the children'. Stylistically Mikrokosmos reflects the influence of folk music on Bartók's life and the rhythms and harmonies employed cre...

Content

  • Foreword to the Definitive Edition
  • Preface by the Composer
  • Thirds against a Single Voice
  • Hungarian Dance
  • Study in Chords
  • Melody against Double Notes
  • Thirds
  • Dragons' Dance
  • Sixths and Triads
  • Hungarian Matchmaking Song
  • Triplets
  • In Three Parts
  • Little Study
  • Five-tone Scale
  • Hammage à J.S.B.
  • Hommage à R.Sch.
  • Wandering
  • Scherzo
  • Melody with Interruptions
  • Merriment
  • Broken Chords
  • Two Major Pentrachords
  • Variations
  • Duet for Pipes
  • In Four Parts (1)
  • In Russian Style
  • Chromatic Invention...