Piano

SKU: BT.EMBZ20084

Urtext (1932-1939). Composed by Bela Bartok. Arranged by Yusuke Nakahara. EMB Music of Bela Bartok. Educational Tool. Book Only. Composed 2021. 112 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ20084. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (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.

By Various. Arranged by Erika Feuchtner Macris. For easy piano. This edition: Paperback. Collection. Easy Classic Composer Series. Classical. Easy. Book. Text Language: English. 64 pages. Published by Santorella Publications Textbook Classical

Oboe and Piano

SKU: BT.EMBZ2589

Composed by Bela Bartok. EMB Music of Bela Bartok. Book Only. Composed 1958. 10 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ2589. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (BT.EMBZ2589).

English-German.

Bagpipers is the first movement of the three-movement Sonatina composed in 1915 (1. Bagpipers, 2.Bear Dance and 3. Finale). The composer said of the piece, ''Originally I planned a group of Romanianfolk dances for piano. I selected three parts of this and called it Sonatina. The first movement, Bagpipers[...] consists of two dances played by two bagpipers.'' The piece is based on a couple dance fromTransylvania, the ardeleana (also known as the kanászos), while the middle section was inspired bythe bagpipe playing of a middle-aged man recorded by Bartók in Váncsfalva (now Oncesti) of Bihar County during February 1910. In 1931, Bartók arranged it for symphony orchestraunder the title Dances from Transylvania. This arrangement for oboe and piano was made by Liszt Prize-winningoboist Tibor Szeszler (1919 1992).

Piano

SKU: HL.50606510

BB69 (1915). Composed by Bela Bartok. Edited by Lá, Somfai, and szló. EMB. 20Th Century, Classical, Hungarian. Softcover. 16 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #Z20105. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (HL.50606510).

ISBN 9781705190739. UPC: 196288126867.

Bartà ƒÂ³k composed the Sonatina for solo piano in his 'Romanian year' of 1915; this was when he also composed the set of Romanian Folk Dances and the Romanian Christmas Carols. In this relatively short piano piece (lasting three to four minutes), the composer used instrumental folk music collected in Transylvania. In the first movement, Bartók conjures up two bagpipes, and, in the second, a fiddler playing for a bear dance. The first edition of the Sonatina was published by Rózsavölgyi in 1919, and the composer premieredthe work in 1920 in Pozsony (Bratislava). This separate print is based on volume 38 of the Bartók Complete Critical Edition published in 2019, in which Henle Verlag of Munichand Editio Musica Budapest published the piano works composed between 1914 and 1920. The musical text is accompanied by a preface in English and Hungarian by László Somfai, and by editorial remarks which not only discuss the sources but also offer practical advice for performers. Contents: 1. Bagpipers 2. Bear Dance 3. Finale.

By Martha Mier and June C. Montgomery. For Piano. Piano Method. Alfred's Basic Piano Library. Book. 48 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Piano (Piano) - Grade 3

SKU: HL.14015562

Composed by Herbert Howells. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 36 pages. Thames Publishing #TH978626. Published by Thames Publishing (HL.14015562).

ISBN 9781846097225. 8.25x11.75x0.182 inches. English.

The music Herbert Howells has tended to be unjustly neglected but his post-war output of orchestral and chamber works is currently enjoying a period of re-eveluation. This Herbert Howells society edition of six pieces brings to light yet another aspect of his work, namely his Piano music. Even though he was an accomplished pianist himself, music for Piano did not figure highly in his output. This volume contains some charming character pieces in the form of six Sarum Sketches, two slow dances based on tunes from John Playford's The Dancing Master, an extrovert piece based on a folk tune, a minuet composed as a birthday present for John Ireland, a brief vignette and an exquisite miniature. Of the six pieces in this volume, three appear in print for the first time.