Bartok, Bela - Mikrokosmos Vol. 1

Mikrokosmos Vol. 1 - 153 Progressive Piano Pieces

The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic. Includes an introduction by the composers 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 Bartóks 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.

Series: Mikrokosmos
Instrumentation: Piano
Binding: Saddle stitching
Language: English - French - German - Hungarian
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London
ISMN: M-060-08001-2
ISBN: 979-0-060-08001-2

Contents

• Foreword to the Definitive Edition
• Preface by the Composer
• Six Unison Melodies
• Dotted Notes
• Repetition
• Syncopation
• With Alternate Hands
• Parallel Motion
• Reflection
• Change of Position
• Question and Answer
• Village Song
• Parallel Motion with Change of Position
• Contrary Motion
• Four Unison Melodies
• Imitation and Counterpoint
• Imitation and Inversion
• Pastorale
• Imitation and Inversion
• Repetition
• Syncopation
• Canon at the Octave
• Imitation Reflected
• Canon at the Lower Fifth
• Dance in Canon Form
• In Dorian Mode
• Slow Dance
• In Phrygian Mode
• Chorale
• Free Canon
• Appendix: Exercises
• Appendix: Notes