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.
