Mikrokosmos
composer: Béla Bartók
preface: Peter Bartók
153 Progressive Piano Pieces
Nos. 1-36
Instrumentation: piano
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London
Volume number: Vol. 1
Language: English - Portugese - Spanish - Japanese
Series: Mikrokosmos
Edition description: New definitive corrected edition 1987
36 Pages - Saddle stitching
ISMN: 979-0-060-09731-7
Order number: BH 102730
Price: 12,95 €
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Béla Bartók
Mikrokosmos - Vol. 2 -
Béla Bartók
Mikrokosmos - Vol. 3 -
Béla Bartók
Mikrokosmos - Vol. 4
Description:
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 Bartok's life and the rhythms and harmonies employed create music that is as modern today as when the cycle was written.
The 153 pieces making up 'Mikrokosmos' are divided into six volumes arranged according to technical and musical difficulty.
Content:
Preface by the Composer
Six Unison Melodies
Dotted Notes
Repetition (1)
Syncopation (1)
With Alternate Hands Parallel Motion
Reflection
Change of Position
Question and Answer
Village Song
Parallel Motion with Change of Position
Contrary Motion (1)
Four Unison Melodies
Imitation and Counterpoint
Imitation and Inversion (1)
Pastorale
Imitation and Inversion (2)
Repetition (2)
Syncopation (2)
Canon at the Octave
Imitation Reflected
Canon at the Lower Fifth
Dance in Canon Form
In Dorian Mode
In Phrygian Mode
Chorale
Five Canon
Appendix: Exercises
Appendix: Notes
Other editions:
BH 102734 = Band 5
BH 102732 = Band 3
BH 102731 = Band 2
BH 102733 = Band 4
BH 102735 = Band 6
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