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.
BartÃ
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.