SKU: HL.14047993
ISBN 9781785582714. 9.0x12.0x0.093 inches. English.
This is a new edition of Bela Bartoks popular Romanian Folk Dances in its original scoring for Solo Piano. With fascinating background notes and unique imagery, this publication is essential for pianists interested in the work of the Hungarian composer.
SKU: AP.36-60710007
ISBN 9798888521687. UPC: 676737816278. English.
In the years preceding World War I, Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist Béla Bartók (1881-1945) took trips to the Transylvanian region to explore the musical traditions of the Romanian population. Following a two-year depression caused by the war, as well as some professional setbacks, he returned to composition. The Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, emerged in 1915, bearing a strong influence from his experiences as an ethnomusicologist. They comprise 6 dances, all based on folk tunes that Bartók had recorded and transcribed. In 1917, he arranged a version for full orchestra. Hungarian violinist and composer Zoltán Székely (1903-2001) transcribed these six short movements for violin and piano in 1926, which are offered here in this reprint edition. Movements: 1. Joc cu bâta (Stick Dance), 2. Brâul (Sash Dance), 3. Topogó / Pê-loc (In One Spot), 4. Bucsumí tánc / Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum), 5. Poarga româneasca (Romanian Polka), 6. Aprózó / Maruntel (Fast Dance).
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SKU: BT.EMBZ60
English-German-Hungarian.
'Bartók wrote the first dance around the time of the Romanian movements of the 'Seven Sketches', after his first trip collecting Romanian folk music in July-August 1909. The second dance is the fruit of March the following year, and it was only after some time he decided they should be published as a pair. From the beginning, audiences were impressed by the first dance, in the composer's peculiar performance, with its initial drumming, and its driving rhythms. If less popular, compositionally the second dance is more original. He parades and varies his material in a chain form, and this too is reminiscent of the dances heard in the playing of Romanian Transylvanian villagemusicians, which in his scholarly work Bartók called 'motive dances.' (HCD 32525 Bartók New Series Vol. 25, László Somfai).
SKU: CY.CC2729
Romanian Folk Dances is a short six-movement suite originally composed for piano in 1915 and later arranged for violin and piano by Zoltan Szekely. The six movements are:1. Stick Dance2. Sash Dance3. Standing Still4. Horn Dance5. Romanian Polka6. Fast DanceThe movements are in the following modes (Dorian, Aeolian, Mixolydian and Lydian), which along with unique harmonies give them a very exotic sound.The Suite takes about 5 minutes to perform and is suitable for advanced performers.
SKU: CY.CC2731
SKU: CY.CC2733
SKU: HL.50512027
ISBN 9790080147535. K/4 (23,5x31) inches. Romanian, Hungarian. Gyorgy Orban; Marius Tabacu; Christina Diederich.
Agnes Lakos writes the following about her four-volume piano tutor, enlivened with cheerful illustrations by Christina Diederich: A friendly piano tutor, without dry finger exercises, full of little masterpieces and colourful as a picture book! Piano playing can only be learnt with attractive, good quality works from the very beginning. J. S. Bach composed masterful character pieces for his children and his many pupils: 18th-century piano tutors contained a selection of performance pieces, so that from their first encounter with the piano, learners could feel that they were performers. This is precisely what we are aiming at too. The piano pieces in the four volumesrepresent every stylistic period of music history. The numerous works for three or four hands can be performed together with the teacher or with another pupil. Agnes Lakos schreibt uber ihre mit Christina Diederichs lustigen Bildern illustrierte vierbandige Klavierschule: Eine freundliche Klavierschule, ganz ohne trockene Fingerubungen, aber voll mit kleinen Meisterwerken, und sie ist bunt wie ein Marchenbuch! Das Klavierspiel kann man vom Anfang an nur an schonen und guten Werken erlernen. J. S. Bach komponierte fur seine Kinder und zahlreiche Schuler meisterhafte Charakterstucke: Die Klavierschulen des 18. Jahrhunderts wahlten Vortragsstucke aus, mit deren Hilfe sich der Schuler vom ersten Kennenlernen an mit dem Klavier als Interpret fuhlen konnte. Genau das ist auch unser Ziel. Die Klavierstucke der vier Hefte vertreten beinahealle Epochen der Musikgeschichte. Die zahlreichen Werke fur drei oder vier Hande konnen mit dem Lehrenden oder den Mitschulern gemeinsam gespielt werden.
SKU: HL.50512028
ISBN 9790080147542. K/4 (23,5x31) inches. Romanian, Hungarian. Gyorgy Orban; Marius Tabacu; Christina Diederich.
Agnes Lakos writes the following about her four-volume piano tutor, enlivened with cheerful illustrations by Christina Diederich: +A friendly piano tutor, without dry finger exercises, full of little masterpieces and colourful as a picture book! Piano playing can only be learnt with attractive, good quality works from the very beginning. J. S. Bach composed masterful character pieces for his children and his many pupils; 18th-century piano tutors contained a selection of performance pieces, so that from their first encounter with the piano, learners could feel that they were performers. This is precisely what we are aiming at too.+ The piano pieces in the four volumes represent every stylistic period of music history. The numerous works for three or four hands can be performed together with the teacher or with another pupil.
SKU: MA.EMR-58956
Stick Game / Peasant Costume / Standing Still / Mountain Horn Song / Romanian Garden Gate / Little One.
