Piano Music of Béla Bartók, Series I The Archive Edition

by Bartók, Béla; Suchoff, Dr. Benjamin

• ISBN13: 9780486241081
• ISBN10: 0486241084
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-19
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

This authoritative edition of Bartok's early works is the only version based on the Hungarian composer's corrections from his own memorabilia and original editions in the New York Bartok Archive. Edited by a Bartok trustee and archive curator, it includes an Introduction, translations of folk-song text, and commentary.

Author Biography

Hungarian composer Béla Bartók (1881–1945) was inspired by the themes, modes, and rhythmic patterns of folk music, which he incorporated into his own distinctive style. As a teacher, ethnomusicologist, and pianist, he was enormously influential in the direction of 20th-century music.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
"FUNERAL MARCH FROM THE SYMPHONIC POEM "KOSSUTH"
FOUR PIANO PIECES
1. Study for the Left Hand
2. Fantasy I
3. Fantasy II
4. Scherzo
"RHAPSODY, OP. 1"
THREE FOLK SONGS FROM THE CSÍK DISTRICT
1. Rubato
2. L'istesso tempo
3. Poco vivo
"FOURTEEN BAGATELLES, OP. 6"
1. Molto sostenuto
2. Allegro giocoso
3. Andante
4. Grave [Hungarian folk song]
5. Vivo [Slovak folk song]
6. Lento
7. Allegretto molto capriccioso
8. Andante sostenuto
9. Allegretto grazioso
10. Allegro
11. Allegretto molto rubato
12. Rubato
13. "Lento funebre ("She is dead. . .")"
14. "Waltz ("My dancing sweetheart. . .")"
TEN EASY PIANO PIECES
Dedication
1. Peasant Song
2. Painful Struggle
3. Slovak Young Men's Dance
4. Sostenuto
5. Evening in Translyvania
6. Hungarian Folk Song
7. Dawn
8. Folk Song
9. Finger Study
10. Bear Dance
"TWO ELEGIES, OP. 8B"
1. Grave
2. "Molto adagio, sempre rubato"
"SEVEN SKETCHES, OP. 9B"
1. Andante (Portrait of a girl)
2. Commodo (Seesaw. . .)
3. Lento
4. Non troppo lento
5. Andante rubato (Rumanian folk melody)
6. Allegretto (In Walachian style)
7. Poco lento
"TWO RUMANIAN DANCES, OP. 8A"
1. Allegro vivace
2. Poco Allegro