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Mikrokosmos
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Description
Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos is one of the key works of 20th-century piano music. The repertoire comprises educational pieces 'from the very first beginning' as well as concert literature, thus making this work an indispensable companion to piano lessons. The work is now available for the first time as urtext edition in three volumes, with each volume containing two of the six volumes of the original edition. The musical text was critically examined on the basis of the sources and could be corrected in many details. Furthermore, the edition contains some previously unpublished pieces and early versions. Educationally very revealing are the versions of several pieces which Bartók arranged specially for the lessons of his son Peter and which are printed in the appendix of the volumes. The edition is completed by notes on study and interpretation based on the sources and a glossary of unusual expression markings.
Content
Dotted Notes
Repetition
Syncopation
With Alternate Hands
Parallel Motion
Reflection
Change of Position
Question and Answer
Village song
Parallel Motion and Change of Postion
Contrary Morion
Four Unison Melodies
Imitation and Counterpoint
Imitation and Inversion 1 and 2
Repetition
Syncoparion
Canon at the Octave
Imitation Reflected
Canon at the Lower Fourth
Little Dance in Canon Form
In Dorian Mode
Slow Dance
In Phrygian Mode
Chorale
Free Danon
Appendix: Exercises
Facsimile
In Lydian Mode
Staccato and Legato 1 and 2
In Yugoslav Mode
Melody with Accompaniment
Accompaniment in Broken Triads
In Hungarian Style
Contrary Motion
Meditation
Increasing
Big Fair
In Mixolydian Mode
Crescendo-Diminuendo
Menuetto
Waves
Unison Divided
In Transylvanian Style
Chromatic
Triplet in Lydian Mode
Melody in Tenths
Accents
In Oriental Style
Major and Minor
Canon with Sustained Notes
Pentatonic Melody
Minor Sixths in Parallel Motion
Buzzing
Line versus Point
Dialogue
Melody Divided
Appendix: Exercises
Appendix A: Special Versions for Péter Bartók: Waves
In Transylvanin Style
In Oriental Style
Appendix B: Unpublished Pieces from Mikrokosmos
Béla Bartók's Comments
Notes on Study and Interpretation
Glossary
Critical Notes
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The Wiener Urtext Edition is a scientific critical edition for prac-tice and differs from other editions declared as "original text" in that it contains extensive textual informa-tion in German and English (partly French):
Its preface informs about the work, its genesis and significance for the history of music, about written records and problems of the wording of the text as well as about the respective method applied for editing. Despite their necessary briefness, the critical annotations clearly account for editorial decisions and mention textual divergence going back to the author himself. The music text itself was produced on the basis of an exact checking of all sources by experienced musico-logists. Autographs, first editions, copies and patterns for engravings were used.
In some cases, these materials were analysed completely for the first time. Editions for teaching, studies, concert practice, including comprehensive information about the works by detailed introductions and editorial notes and notes on interpretation. Prepared for practice by interpreters resp. educationalists of international repute.
