Bartók - Mikrokosmos Volumes I-II - Bände I-II / Urtext edition / G. Henle Verlag / HN 1408 / Paperback / Edited by Yusuke Nakahara

Paperback 2018

ISMN: 9790201814087

PAGES: 69

PUBLISHER: G. Henle Verlag

LANGUAGE: German - English

English Description:

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 only with 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 the diary 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 in preparation,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 three practical double volumes that offer both beginners and advanced pianists a perfect introduction to this work. Content - Thirds against a Single Voice - Hungarian Dance - Chord Study - Melody against Double Notes - Thirds - Dragon´s Dance - Sixths and Triads - Hungarian Song - Triplets - In Three Parts - Little Study - Five-tone Scale - Hommage àJ.S.B. - Hommage à R.Sch. - Wandering - Scherzo - Facsimile - Melodiy with Interruptions - Merriment - Broken Chords - Two Major Pentachords - Variations - Duet for Pipes - In Russian Style - Chromatic Invention 1 and 2 - In Four Parts - Tale - Song of the Fox - Stumblings - Notturno - Thumb Under - Crossed Hands - In the Style of a FolkSong - A Diminished Fifth Apart - Harmonics - Minor and Major - Through the keys - Playsong - Children´s Song - Melody in the Mist - Wrestling - From the Island of Bali - Clashing Sounds - Intermezzo - Variations on a Folk Tune - Bulgarian Rhythm - Theme and Inversion - Bulgarian Rhythm - Melody - Bourrée - Triplets in 9/8 Time - Dance in 3/4 Ti...

German Description:

Bartóks Mikrokosmos gehört zu den Meilensteinen der pädagogischen Klavierliteratur - und geht doch weit über ein "klassisches" Unterrichtswerk hinaus. Neben spieltechnischen Aspekten behandeln diese 153 in aufsteigendem Schwierigkeitsgrad angeordneten Klavierstücke nämlich die Grundlagen kompositorischer Arbeit: Von "Ostinato" über "Freie Variationen" oder "Imitation und Umkehrung" in der Satztechnik bis zu programmatischen Ideen "Aus dem Tagebuch einer Fliege" oder den berühmten "Sechs Tänzen im bulgarischen Rhythmus", die den furiosen Abschluss dieses Jahrhundertwerks bilden. Die Henle-Urtextausgabe basiert auf dem in Vorbereitung befindlichen Band der Bartók-Gesamtausgabe, bereitet diesen aber durch gezielte Kommentierungen und Hinweise zu Bartóks Aufführungen speziell für die musikalische Praxis auf. Zudem werden die sechs Bände der 1940 erschienenen Erstausgabe zu drei praktischen Doppel-Bänden zusammengefasst, wodurch Anfängern wie Fortgeschrittenen jeweils ein optimaler Einstieg ermöglicht wird.

Béla Viktor János Bartók (/ˈbeɪləˈbɑːrtɒk/; Hungarian: Bartók Béla, pronounced [ˈbɒrtoːk ˈbeːlɒ]; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest composers. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of comparative musicology, which later became etnomusicology.