Format : Sheet music
This brand new edition presents Béla Bartók s Mikrokosmos a progressive cycle of 153 studies for Piano in a single volume for the first time. Designed to illustrate the musical and technicalprogressions suitable for beginner to advanced players this complete collection is invaluable for every pianist. All six volumes of Mikrokosmos are presented here exactly as the composer intended them.Featuring beginning études through to technical tours de force this unique publication also contains an extensive introduction Bartók's original preface and photography throughout. The initial piecesconsolidate a balanced technique ideal for students working towards Grade 1. The cycle advances through fundamentals such as hand co-ordination musicality aural skills and ensemble-playing taking the pianist to the complexGrade 8 level pieces found towards the end of the collection. Already accomplished players will find a wealth of material to enjoy as sight reading practice and concert pieces making this a versatile collection as well as aninsight into the mind and work of a great composer. Mikrokosmos evolved from the Piano lessons that Bartók gave to his own 9-year old son. Studies were written on the spot for young Peter Bartókto learn by next time. Over time the 153 pieces took form and they are collected here for beginner and advanced pianists to benefit from. Mikrokosmos lets students and teachers explore Bartók sendlessly imaginative and inventive musical world as they develop their pianistic skills.
SKU: BT.EMBZ20084
English-Hungarian.
Bartók's Mikrokosmos has been one of the milestones in pedagogical piano repertoire for 80 years - and yet it is also far more than a classical piano primer. These 153 piano pieces, organized in ascending order of difficulty, engage not only with technical aspects of piano playing but also with the fundamentals of composition - from Imitation and Inversion, Ostinato, and Free Variations, concerning compositional technique, to mood pieces and pieces with programmatic ideas such as Notturno, Boating, From the Diary of a Fly, or the famous Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm. Mikrokosmos first appeared in 1940 in six volumes. Based on volume 40 of the Bartók CompleteEdition published in 2020(Z. 15040), the present Urtext edition offers the series gathered in three volumes. This edition includes Bartók's preface, exercises, and notes written for the first edition. Furthermore, it also features a preface and comments by the editor, which not only discuss the genesis and the compositional sources but also provide performers, teachers and pupils alike, with authentic and detailed information about Bartók's notation and the specific performing problems of Mikrokosmos.
