This is a new edition of Béla Bartók?s popular Romanian Folk Dances in its original scoring for Solo Piano. With fascinating background notes and unique imagery this publication is essential for pianistsinterested in the work of the Hungarian composer.When Bartók?was just 23 years old he visited the Transylvanian town of?Gerlicepuszta. Overhearing a lullaby sung by a teenage servant girl named LidiDósa he quizzed her about it and noted it down. This was the beginning of a passion for folk music that would go on to change the course of the composer's life and work. Romanian FolkDances?remains one of Bartók's most popular and enduring works evoking the folk melodies combined with his own idiosyncratic harmonies and textures. Each of the six short pieces here is based on atraditional melody which Bartók?penned during his travels.? Including newly engraved masterpieces?Stick Dance Waistband Dance In One Spot Dance From Butschum Romanian Polkaand Fast Dance this sheet music collection features editorial revisions guided by recordings of Bartók's own performance. The notation also includes fingering guidancethroughout. Romanian Folk Dances also?features a specially-written introduction as well as some fantastic photographs that both tell the story of the young composer and the intriguingbackstory of this work.? One of the most important 20th century composers and along with Liszt one of Hungary's finest musical minds Bartók?held a strong fascination for folkmusic. Through his studies recordings and arrangements he composed some incredible music like these?Romanian Folk Dances ?while simultaneously initiating the field of

The Romanian Folk Dances undoubtedly rank amongst Bartok's most popular compositions. The earliest version is scored for Piano (1915) and was published by Universal Edition is 1918. The composer himself orchestrated this version in 1917. Several other chamber music arrangements (for example Zoltan Szekely's version for Violin and Piano) were not by Bartok although he authorised them. The musical material derives from Bartok's collections of folk music which date right back to 1904 when he wrote down a melody sung by a Hungarian peasant girl. In the course of extensive travels throughout Eastern Europe Bartokcompiled an enormous collection of folk tunes (by 1918 his collection comprised no fewer than 2700 Hungarian 3500 Romanian and 3000 Slovak dances and songs) which would in all probability have been lost had Bartok not written them down. As it was some of them found their way into his compositions. In 1908 Bartok jotted down tunes in Transylvania. They are the source of Romanian Folk Dances.

The 'Romanian Folk Dances' undoubtedly rank amongst Bartók's most popular compositions. The earliest version is scored for piano (1915) and was published by Universal Edition in 1918. ln the preparation of this revised edition the last previous printed edition was compared with the available manuscript sources which include editions marked by Béla Bartók with corrections. His corrected copies of the violin-piano transcription (prepared by Zoltán Székely) as well as the orchestra arrangement were also considered.The major correction concerns metronome numbers. At various times since the work's first publicationthe composer slightly revised some of these tempi. ln the composer's lifetime the last printed editions of both violin-piano and piano versions produced during World War II bear corrections in his file copies the two being in agreement with each other as well as with the marked duration of each dance. The tempi found in these printed editions believed to be the composer's last word on the subject appear in this revised edition.' (Peter Bartók)

This is a transcription of Bela Bartok's Roumanian Folk Dances for Clarinet and Piano by Zoltan Szekely. Score and Part edition.

4 Original Works by 22 Composers-The World's Great Classical Music. Intermediate to advanced Piano solo arrangements of 40 original works by 22 major composers presented in unedited urtext editions. Highlights of this sizable 256-page volume include: Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major (Bach) Romanian Folk Dances (Bartók) Rage Over a Lost Penny (Beethoven) Polonaise Militaire (Chopin) To Spring (Grieg) Solace (Joplin) Rondo alla Turca (Mozart) Arabesque Op. 18 (Schumann) and dozens more. Piano Classics includes biographies for each composer.

Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition Volume 38. Par BARTOK BELA. The third volume in the Complete Edition contains Bartók's works for piano solo composed between 1914 and 1920. Bartók's pianistic oeuvre from the years of World War I span a broadly varied spectrum; in addition to simple arrangements of folk music (15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sonatina) and original pieces for the concert podium (Suite, op. 14), we find Bartók's audaciously innovative Etudes (op. 18) inspired by Liszt, as well as Improvisations (op. 20), perhaps his most abstract and original folk music adaptations. The appendix of the volume reproduces movements originally intended for, but eventually discarded from, Suite and 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, as well as all original sources for the folk-inspired pieces. The introductory essays in English, Hungarian, and German not only explore the genesis and reception of the works more thoroughly than ever before, but also orient the reader in issues of notation and performance. The critical commentary presents all manuscript and print sources of the works in detail (including folk music sources), it documents the compositional processes and surveys the range of textual variants and problems. / Somfai, László / Répertoire / Piano

The Boosey and Hawkes Bartók Edition showcases brand new stylish arrangements of highlights from the leading twentieth century composer for developing musicians to learn and enjoy. The Romanian Folk Dances were originally written in 1915 as a suite of six short piano pieces, which Bartók subsequently orchestrated for small ensemble. In this edition, Hywel Davies has arranged the suite for cello with piano accompaniment. / Violoncelle Et Piano

Par BARTOK BELA. The Romanian Folk Dances are probably Béla Bartók's most popular and most frequently played compositions. They have certainly inspired the largest number of arrangements, here for accordion by Teodoro Anzellotti. • Six brief movements, which present folk melodies with Bartók's own harmonizations in a wide variety of moods • Colorful pieces which broaden the repertoire for accordion / Date parution : 2016-11-20/ Répertoire / Accordéon

39 popular works for piano featuring selected works from the major exam board syllabuses spanning Grades 5 to 8 and beyond. Preface by Young Musician of the Year Martin James Bartlett.

The Boosey and Hawkes Bartók Edition showcases brand new stylish arrangements of highlights from the leading twentieth century composer for developing musicians to learn and enjoy.Bartók for Trumpet features selected highlights from Bartók's most popular pedagogical repertoire including For Children, Mikrokosmos, Romanian Folk Dances, Romanian Christmas Carols and others, arranged for trumpet with piano accompaniment by Hywel Davies. An accompanying audio CD features demonstration and backing tracks. / Trompette Et Piano

The Boosey and Hawkes Bartók Edition showcases brand new stylish arrangements of highlights from the leading twentieth century composer for developing musicians to learn and enjoy.Bartók for Violin features selected highlights from Bartók's most popular pedagogical repertoire including For Children, Mikrokosmos, Romanian Folk Dances, Romanian Christmas Carols and others, arranged for violin with piano accompaniment by Hywel Davies. An accompanying audio CD features demonstration and backing tracks. / Violon Et Piano

Stylish Arrangements Of Selected Highlights From The Leading 20Th Century Composer. The Boosey