Hungarian Folk Music Op. 42 Two Guitars

SKU: BT.EMBZ14089

Hungarian.

Similarly to the earlier collection published for piano (Z. 14046), this too contains arrangements of widely known or less familiar but in every case attractive and valuable Hungarian folk songs associated with the Christmas festive season. Taking advantage of the opportunity for music-making that Christmas provides, it almost imperceptibly introduces the beginner on the recorder or guitar to the world of Hungarian folk song.

SKU: HL.50606652

ISBN 9781705199893. UPC: 196288154228.

Béla Bartók composed the series of forty-four violin duos in 1931, prompted by the German violin teacher Erich Doflein. With the exception of numbers 35 and 36, all the pieces are based on original folk melodies, and the majority were collected by the composer himself during his numerous field trips in the Carpathian Basin. The melody for No. 42 was collected by Bartók in Algeria. Universal Edition (Vienna) published the violin duos in 1933 in four volumes, arranged in order of difficulty. The present transcription faithfully follows the original. Fingerings are by the editor.