Par BARTOK BELA. Béla Bartók’s “For Children” is one of the best known pedagogical works for piano teachers of the twentieth century, second only perhaps to the same composer’s “Mikrokosmos”. It was based firmly on the huge number of folk songs he collected, recorded and studied with his colleague Zoltán Kodály. At the time, Bartók was offering something very new to piano teachers and their studen…

Béla Bartók 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 …

fur 2 Saxophone aus 44 Duos fur Violinen. Par BARTOK BELA. Gives the aspiring saxophonists practice in the kind of musical partnership required by chamber music Béla Bartók (1881-1945) composed his 44 Duos for Two Violins in 1931. These unique musical miniatures combine folk melodies from Eastern Europe with the musical language of the twentieth century in an exciting blend of tradition and modern…

Par BARTOK BELA. Based on the Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition (Z. 15009), this volume includes Bartók's complete works for children's and female voices. The lyrics in this Urtext edition are in the original languages, but literal English translations are provided in the appendix, which also includes English versions of those of the 27 Two- and Three-Part Choruses that were authorized by the …

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Par BERIO LUCIANO. This set of arrangements of Luciano Berio’s “Duetti”, originally for two violins, represents a fascinating expansion of the limited repertoire for two violas. Berio originally conceived these duets as a collection of occasional pieces, each dedicated to someone who was close to him, rather like Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations, but they eventually developed into a full compositional …

Par . The Faber Music Night Time Piano Anthology is a timeless collection of peaceful piano solos inspired by the night. Featuring over 50 lullabies, peaceful classical works and beautiful neoclassical pieces suitable for intermediate pianists, including Bella Notte (Ludovico Einaudi), Moonlight Sonata (Ludwig van Beethoven), Dreamy (Hania Rani) and You (Nils Frahm). Featuring Van Gogh’s painting …

Par BARTOK BELA. This version of Béla Bartók’s “Allegro Barbaro” is the latest of several challenging arrangements for guitar of twentieth century masterpieces. The piece was written by Bartók as a reply to a critic who had accused him of “musical barbarity” and it pulls no punches in its opposition to the late romantic musical styles of the time (1911). Huge technical and musical challenges have …

Par BARTOK BELA. The Romanian Folk Dances are probably Béla Bartók's most popular and most frequently played compositions. They have certainly inspired the largest number of arrangements, here for accordion by Teodoro Anzellotti. • Six brief movements, which present folk melodies with Bartók's own harmonizations in a wide variety of moods • Colorful pieces which broaden the repertoire for accordi…

REcueil de partitions pour ensemble de clarinettes 23 morceaux de Béla Bartók arrangés pour 2 à 3 clarinettes Partition standard Niveau de difficulté : intermédiaire ISMN 9790060132216 ISBN 9781784542115 BH 13221 Format DIN A4 80 pages Livré avec CD des enregistrements de démonstration et d'accompagnement / Boosey and Hawkes

Par BARTOK BELA. Béla Bartók?s six string quartets, composed between 1908 and 1940, are 20th-century milestones of the genre. His First String Quartet is closely linked to his unhappy love for the violinist Stefi Geyer, to whom he sent the initial measures of its first movement in early 1908 with the remark: ?My song of death?. When he completed all three movements of the work a year later, he had…