Bela Bartok

The study score of Bela Bartok's Divertimento for String Orchestra. Written in 1939 the piece is the last of Bartok's European writing before his intended flee to America to escape the war. Characterised by his fascinating use of Balkan harmonies and tonalities the writing represents Bartok's increasingly classical clarity of form and texture. The small-format study score is ideal for students of music or as a convenient reference for conductors and musicians. Hawkes Pocket Score edition 28.

The four-movement Suite op. 14 was composed in 1916 and was one of Bartók?s favourite piano works throughout his life. Unlike in his other works for piano of these years he did not use any folksong melodies or folkloristicelements here. Instead he endeavoured to achieve a new more ?abstract? transparent piano style that forgoes ornament and embellishment. A special feature of this Henle edition is the appendix with an additional Andante movementthat was originally intended to come before the Scherzo but which Bartók removed from the Suite only shortly before its publication in 1918. The Urtext edition of this important work in the concert repertoire follows the musicaltext of the Bartók Complete Edition. It has been edited by perhaps the most distinguished Bartók scholar in the world today László Somfai who has also written the comprehensive introduction to the work and who offers helpfulsuggestions regarding its interpretation.

This brand new edition presents Béla Bartók?s Mikrokosmos a progressive cycle of 153 studies for Piano in a single volume for the first time. Designed to illustrate the musical and technicalprogressions suitable for beginner to advanced players this complete collection is invaluable for every pianist. All six volumes of Mikrokosmos are presented here exactly as the composer intended them.Featuring beginning études through to technical tours de force this unique publication also contains an extensive introduction Bartók's original preface and photography throughout. The initial piecesconsolidate a balanced technique ideal for students working towards Grade 1. The cycle advances through fundamentals such as hand co-ordination musicality aural skills and ensemble-playing taking the pianist to the complexGrade 8 level pieces found towards the end of the collection. Already accomplished players will find a wealth of material to enjoy as sight reading practice and concert pieces making this a versatile collection as well as aninsight into the mind and work of a great composer. Mikrokosmos evolved from the Piano lessons that Bartók gave to his own 9-year old son. Studies were written on the spot for young Peter Bartókto learn by next time. Over time the 153 pieces took form and they are collected here for beginner and advanced pianists to benefit from. Mikrokosmos lets students and teachers explore Bartók?sendlessly imaginative and inventive musical world as they develop their pianistic skills.

Klavierauszug des Komponisten mit Faksimiledruck-Bartók?s Concerto for Orchestra one of the most performed 20th century works can now be explored at the keyboard. The composer's own piano reduction edited by György Sándor is available here in one volume together with a facsimile of the composer's manuscript of the piano score.

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 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. / Partition /

The Romanian Folk Dances undoubtedly rank amongst Bartok's most popular compositions. The earliest version is scored for Piano (1915) and was published by Universal Edition is 1918. The composer himself orchestrated this version in 1917. Several other chamber music arrangements (for example Zoltan Szekely's version for Violin and Piano) were not by Bartok although he authorised them. The musical material derives from Bartok's collections of folk music which date right back to 1904 when he wrote down a melody sung by a Hungarian peasant girl. In the course of extensive travels throughout Eastern Europe Bartokcompiled an enormous collection of folk tunes (by 1918 his collection comprised no fewer than 2700 Hungarian 3500 Romanian and 3000 Slovak dances and songs) which would in all probability have been lost had Bartok not written them down. As it was some of them found their way into his compositions. In 1908 Bartok jotted down tunes in Transylvania. They are the source of Romanian Folk Dances.

Bartók?s Mikrokosmos is one of the milestones in the pedagogical piano repertoire and yet it is also far more than a ?classical? piano primer. These 153 piano pieces organised in ascending order of difficulty engage not onlywith technical aspects of piano playing but also with the fundamentals of composition from ?Ostinato? ?Free variations? and ?Imitation and inversion? concerning compositional technique to programmatic ideas as in ?From thediary of a fly? or the famous ?Six dances in Bulgarian rhythm? that form the passionate close of this unique work. This Henle Urtext Edition is based on the corresponding volume of the Bartók Complete Edition that is currently inpreparation and also includes specific practical comments and tips concerning Bartók?s own performances. Furthermore the six volumes of the first edition which first appeared in 1940 are here gathered together in threepractical double volumes that offer both beginners and advanced pianists a perfect introduction to this work.

The study score for Bela Bartok's Concerto For Two Pianos Percussion And Orchestra. Hawkes Pocket Score No.863.