Rumanian Christmas Carols, Rcd

SKU: AP.32465S

UPC: 038081373829. English.

Hungarian- born composer Béla Bartók assembled two sets of Romanian Christmas Carols for piano solo in 1915. Two of these contrasting settings fit the musical and technical parameters for less experienced concert band players perfectly, and are presented in this arrangement with slight alteration. A fresh new holiday arrangement with a multicultural flavor! This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

SKU: HL.48023788

ISBN 9781784541927. UPC: 888680687953. 9x12 inches.

The Definitive Bartók Edition brings together selected highlights from the definitive imprints of pedagogical masterpieces Mikrokosmos (1926-37) and For Children (1908-09, revised 1943) alongside excerpts from Romanian Folk Dances (1915) and Romanian Christmas Carols (1915) in two companion volumes for the very first time.

Contents: St. George Day (For Children I/2) • Come Here, Lidi (For Children I/3) • Melody with Accompaniment (Mikrokosmos - No. 41) • Children's Song (For Children II/9) • Mourning Song (For Children II/10) • In Yugoslave Style (Mikrokosmos - No. 40) • Ploughing (For Children II/14) • Rogue's Song/Sorrow (For Children II/7) • Bagatelle No. 6 (Fourteen Bagatelles - No. 6) • Baking Song (For Children I/1) • County Fair (Mikrokosmos No. 47) • The Lost Couple (For Children I/11) • The Two Roses (For Children II/11) • Three Roses (For Children II/11) • My Lover's Mother (For Children II/12) • Where Are Your Geese? (For Children II/13) • Slovakian Folk Song (Ten Easy Pieces - No. 8) • In The Garden (For Children I/26) • Carol No. 4 (Romanian Christmas Carols - set I, No. 4) • Carol No. 7 (Romanian Christmas Carols - set II, No. 7) • Triplets (Mikrokosmos - No. 75) • Farewell (For Children II/34) • Duet for Pipes (Mikrokosmos - No. 88) • Kitty, Kitty (For Children I/5) • Round Dance (For Children I/17) • Bagatelle No. 4 (Fourteen Bagatelles - No. 5) • Variations (Mikrokosmos - No. 87) • From the Island of Bali (Mikrokosmos - No. 109) • Children's Dance (For Children I/10).

SKU: HL.50606510

ISBN 9781705190739. UPC: 196288126867.

Bart� �³k composed the Sonatina for solo piano in his 'Romanian year' of 1915; this was when he also composed the set of Romanian Folk Dances and the Romanian Christmas Carols. In this relatively short piano piece (lasting three to four minutes), the composer used instrumental folk music collected in Transylvania. In the first movement, Bartók conjures up two bagpipes, and, in the second, a fiddler playing for a bear dance. The first edition of the Sonatina was published by Rózsavölgyi in 1919, and the composer premieredthe work in 1920 in Pozsony (Bratislava). This separate print is based on volume 38 of the Bartók Complete Critical Edition published in 2019, in which Henle Verlag of Munichand Editio Musica Budapest published the piano works composed between 1914 and 1920. The musical text is accompanied by a preface in English and Hungarian by László Somfai, and by editorial remarks which not only discuss the sources but also offer practical advice for performers. Contents: 1. Bagpipers 2. Bear Dance 3. Finale.

SKU: PR.UE038023

UPC: 803452072836.

Somet hing quite a bit different from the usual Christmas program fare, Bartok's collection of Romanian Christmas Carols springs from his lifelong fascination with folk music of the region. Bartok arranged several of these folk songs for the Christmas season into his original piano solos (UE005890), and van Zoelen has faithfully transcribed this into saxophone quartet. Series II presents ten folks tunes performed as a seamless whole. (Series I is available as UE037115.).