Mikrokosmos for piano, vol. 3-4, BB 105

Arreglos de / Arranged by: Yusuke Nakahara

Bartók's Mikrokosmos has been one of the milestones in pedagogical piano repertoire for 80 years - and yet it is also far more than a "classical" piano primer. These 153 piano pieces, organized in ascending order of difficulty, engage not only with technical aspects of piano playing but also with the fundamentals of composition - from "Imitation and Inversion," "Ostinato," and "Free Variations," concerning compositional technique, to mood pieces and pieces with programmatic ideas such as "Notturno," "Boating," "From the Diary of a Fly," or the famous "Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm." Mikrokosmos first appeared in 1940 in six volumes. Based on volume 40 of the Bartók CompleteEdition published in 2020(Z. 15040), the present Urtext edition offers the series gathered in three volumes. This edition includes Bartók's preface, exercises, and notes written for the first edition. Furthermore, it also features a preface and comments by the editor, which not only discuss the genesis and the compositional sources but also provide performers, teachers and pupils alike, with authentic and detailed information about Bartók's notation and the specific performing problems of Mikrokosmos.

CONTENIDO:

Thirds against a Single Voice
Hungarian Dance
Chord Study
Melody against Double Notes
Thirds
Dragons' Dance
Sixths and Triads
Hungarian Song
Triplets
In Three Parts
Little Study
Five-tone Scale
Hommage a J. S. B.
Hommage a R. Sch.
Wandering
Scherzo
Melody with Interruptions
Merriment
Broken Chords
Two Major Pentachords
Variations
Duet for Pipes
In Four Parts (1)
In Russian Style
Chromatic Invention (1)
Chromatic Invention (2)
In Four Parts (2)
Tale
Song of the Fox
Stumblings
Notturno
Thumb Under
Crossed Hands
In the Style of a Folk Song
Diminished Fifths
Harmonics
Minor and Major
Wandering through the Keys
Playsong (with two pentatonic scales)
Children's Song
Melody in the Mist
Wrestling
From the Island of Bali
Clashing Sounds
Intermezzo
Variations on a Folk Tune
Bulgarian Rhythm (1)
Theme and Inversion
Bulgarian Rhythm (2)
Melody
Bourrée
Triplets in 9/8 Time
Dance in 3/4 Time
Fifth Chords
Two-part Study