ISBN 1423440676. With standard notation, introductory text and instructional text. 20th Century, Hungarian and Instructional. 9x12 inches.
The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic. Includes an introduction by the composer's son Peter Bartok. In 1945 Bela Bartok described Mikrokosmos as a cycle of 153 pieces for piano written for didactic purposes, seeing them as a series of pieces in many different styles, representing a small world, or as the world of the little ones, the children. Stylistically Mikrokosmos reflects the influence of folk music on Bartok's life and the rhythms and harmonies employed create music that is as modern today as when the cycle was written.ngarian. The 153 pieces making up Mikrokosmos are divided into six volumes arranged according to technical and musical difficulty. Major teaching points highlighted in Mikrokosmos 5: Chords, together and opposed; studies in double notes; whole tone scale.
Contents
Chords Together and in Opposition
Staccato and Legato
Staccato
Boating
Change of Time
New Hungarian Folk Song
Stamping Dance
Alternating Thirds
Village Joke
Fourths
Major Seconds Broken and Together
Syncopation
Studies in Double Notes
Perpetuum mobile
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Whole-tone Scales
Unison
Bagpipe Music
Jack-in-the-Box