Bartók, Béla : Mikrokosmos BB 105 Sz 107
Work Overview
Instrumentation：Piano Solo
Genre：Educational works
Total Playing Time：23 min 03 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
Additional Notes：1926, 1932-39
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Author : Wada, Mayuko
Last Updated: August 1, 2007
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Author : Wada, Mayuko
Composed between 1926 and 1939, a period when Bartók's creative drive was at its peak.
It consists of 153 pieces across 6 volumes. It was conceived as piano pedagogical exercises for his son Péter, born from his remarriage to Ditta Pásztory (Volumes 1 and 2 are dedicated to his son).
- Volume 1: 36 pieces (Nos. 1-36)
- Volume 2: 30 pieces (Nos. 37-66)
- Volume 3: 30 pieces (Nos. 67-96)
- Volume 4: 25 pieces (Nos. 97-121)
- Volume 5: 18 pieces (Nos. 122-139)
- Volume 6: 14 pieces (Nos. 140-153)
Volumes 1 to 3 can be used by piano beginners. Volume 4 is recommended to be used in conjunction with works like "Anna Magdalena" or Czerny's etudes of a similar level. The collection increases in difficulty and artistic merit with each successive volume, especially from Volume 5 onwards, reaching the level of concert pieces.
Characteristic features include the use of modes, pentatonic scales, whole-tone scales, irregular rhythms, changing meters, and dissonance. It would be ideal as a challenge to familiarize oneself with these modern elements, which differ from traditional teaching materials.
- 1-6. Six Unison Melodies
- 7. Dotted Notes
- 8. Repetition
- 9. Syncopation
- 10. Hands Alternating
- 11. Parallel Motion
- 12. Reflection
- 13. Shifting Positions
- 14. Question and Answer
- 15. Village Song
- 16. Parallel Motion and Shifting Positions
- 17. Contrary Motion
- 18-21. Four Unison Melodies
- 22. Imitation and Counterpoint
- 23. Imitation and Inversion
- 24. Pastorale
- 25. Imitation and Inversion
- 26. Repetition
- 27. Syncopation
- 28. Canon in Octaves
- 29. Imitation in Reflection
- 30. Canon at the Subdominant
- 31. Little Dance in Canon Form
- 32. In Dorian Mode
- 33. Slow Dance
- 34. In Phrygian Mode
- 35. Chorale
- 36. Free Canon
Movements (34)
16. Parallel Motion and Change of Position
Total Performance Time: 0 min 45 sec
22. Imitation and Counterpoint
Total Performance Time: 0 min 30 sec
25. Imitation and Inversion II
Total Performance Time: 1 min 00 sec
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