Bartok, Bela - Mikrokosmos Vol. 4

Mikrokosmos Vol. 4 - 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 Bartoks 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 - Portugese - Spanish - Japanese
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London
ISMN: M-060-09734-8
ISBN: 979-0-060-09734-8

Contents

• Foreword to the Definitive Edition
• Preface by the Composer
• Notturno
• Thumbs Under
• Hands Crossing
• In Folk Song Style
• Diminished Fifth
• Harmonics
• Minor and Major
• Wandering through the Keys
• Game ( with two five-tone scales)
• Children´s Song
• Melody in the Mist
• Wrestling
• From the Island of Bali
• And the Sounds Clash and Clang...
• Intermezzo
• Variations on a Folk Tune
• Bulgarian Rhythm (1)
• Theme and Inversion
• Bulgarian Rhythm (2)
• Song
• Bourrée
• Triplets in 9/8 Time
• Dance in 3/4 Time
• Triads
• Two-part Study
• Appendix: Exercises
• Appendix: Notes