Cello SKU: HL.50600796
(From the 44 Violin Duets). By Arpad Pejtsik. By Bé, k, and la Bartó. Arranged by Á, d Pejtsik, and rpá. EMB. Classical. Softcover. 36 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #Z14961. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (HL.50600796). ISBN 9790080149614. UPC: 888680676605. 9.0x12.0x0.121 inches. Hungarian, English, German, French. Bela Bartok; Arpad Pejtsik.
Bela Bartok composed his 44 Violin Duos in 1931, at the urging of the German violin pedagogue Erich Doflein. With two exceptions, all the pieces are based on original folk music themes, most of which the composer himself collected in the course of his numerous collecting trips to the Carpathian Basin and in Algeria. Although conceived as parts of a pedagogically motivated set, these little pieces are highly effective in concert performance as well. The transcription follows Bartok's original faithfully. The publication includes fingerings added by the editor.