Bartok, Bela - Piano Concerto No. 3

Piano Concerto No. 3

Bartók wrote his Piano Concerto No. 3 during the summer of 1945, intending it as a birthday present to be given to his wife, Ditta, on 31st October. By this time he was already gravely ill: however, he was able to finish the score, with the exception of the last seventeen bars, which he noted in a kind of musical shorthand. These last seventeen bars were deciphered and scored by his friend and pupil Tibor Serly. Only a few expression marks and tempo indications, and no metronome marks, were found in Bartóks score. Had he lived on, there is no doubt that he would have edited the concerto as meticulously as was his habit.
In order to give a complete picture of the work, such markings as were deemed necessary were added by Tibor Serly: by Eugene Ormandy, who conducted the first performance: by Louis Kentner: and by Erwin Stein.
In preparing this Revised Edition, all extant sources have been examined and compared with the previously printed edition. For full discussion of the amendments reference should be made to the Editorial Notes to the Revised Edition of the published conductors score.

Series: Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 100
Volume: HPS 100
Instrumentation: Piano And Orchestra
Binding: Paperback/Soft Cover
Edition Type: study score
Orchestration: 2 Flutes (2nd doubling Piccolo), 2 Oboes (2nd doubling Cor Anglais), 2 Clarinets in A and Bb (2nd doubling Bass Clarinet in Bb), 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in C, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (2) (xylophone, triangle, small side drum, b
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London
Composition: 1945
Duration: 23
ISMN: M-060-01131-3
ISBN: 979-0-060-01131-3