Bartók, Béla : Mikrokosmos BB 105 Sz 107
Work Overview
Composition Year：1926
Instrumentation：Piano Solo
Genre：Educational works
Total Playing Time：20 min 15 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
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Author : Wada, Mayuko
Last Updated: August 1, 2007
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Author : Wada, Mayuko
Mikrokosmos
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. Furthermore, Volume 4 is recommended for use in conjunction with pedagogical works like "Anna Magdalena" or Czerny's exercises of a similar level. The collection increases in difficulty and artistic merit with each successive volume, particularly from Volume 5 onwards, where the pieces reach the level of concert études.
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 for familiarizing oneself with these modern elements, which differ from traditional teaching materials.
Pieces from Volume 5
- 1. Chords Together and Accompanying Chords
- 2. Staccato and Legato
- 3. Staccato
- 4. Boating
- 5. Changing Meter
- 6. New Hungarian Folk Song
- 7. Peasant Dance
- 8. Alternating Thirds
- 9. Village Joke
- 10. Fourths
- 11. Broken and Together Major Seconds
- 12. Syncopation
- 13. Practice in Three-Part Chords
- 14. Perpetuum Mobile
- 15. Whole-Tone Scales
- 16. Unison
- 17. Bagpipes
- 18. Clown
Movements (18)
122. Chords Together and in Opposition
Total Performance Time: 0 min 55 sec
132. Major Seconds Broken and Together
Total Performance Time: 1 min 27 sec
134. Three Studies in Double Notes
Total Performance Time: 1 min 02 sec
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