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.

SKU: KN.10300

UPC: 822795103007.

Designed for a first contest or recital performance, this grade 1-2 collections contain 14 pieces that have been carefully edited by flute specialist Amy Kempton, and edited by Carl Strommen. The free downloadable piano accompaniment MP3s will be an invaluable tool for students. Piano accompaniment book sold separately (#10301). Available in SmartMusic.

Contents:
Sailor's Song (Grieg); Symphonic Themes (Brahms); Little Buttercup (Sullivan); Cradle Song (Hauser); Cielito Lindo (traditional); La Cinquantaine (Marie); Give Me Your Hand (Mozart); Two Korean Folk Songs (traditional); Three Israeli Folk Songs (traditional); La Serenata (Jaxone); Let's Have A Party (Mozart); Hungarian Dance (Brahms); Americana (traditional); Brindisi (Verdi).

SKU: FP.FSS05

ISBN 979-0-57050-281-3.

The albums in Forsyth's Silhouette Series are widely acknowledged to provide as some of the finest piano arrangements of the works of the great composers available to the player of intermediate ability. These albums provide excellent teaching material, as well as superb recreational pieces for the adult player.