Violin and Piano
SKU:
BT.EMBZ433
Composed
by Bela Bartok. EMB Music
of Bela Bartok.
Educational Tool. Book
Only. Composed 1951. 16
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ433.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ433).
English-German-Hungari
an.
Béla
Bartók often used
musical material from his
folk music collections
for his compositions. His
Sonatina, originally
written for solo piano in
1915, was based on songs
that he collected in
Transylvania. The three
movements (1. Bagpipers -
Molto moderato, 2. Bear
Dance - Moderato, and 3.
Finale - Allegro vivace)
were orchestrated by
Bartók in 1931.
Shortly before
Bartók's orchestral
transcription was
finished, violinist
Gertler Endre's
transcript for violin and
piano was completed.
Gertler and Bartók
knew each other
personally and, in fact,
first made each other's
acquaintance as a result
of their shared
experience with their
respective
transcriptions.
