Piano SKU: BT.EMBZ1764
Composed by Bela Bartok. Book Only. Composed 1954. 4 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ1764. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (BT.EMBZ1764). English-German-Hungarian.
'In August [Bart贸k] heard the fifty-year-old 脕ron Balogh playing the peasant flute in Gyergy贸teker patak in Cs k district. He arranged three songs under the title From Gyergy贸, for tilink贸 [peasant flute] and piano, and the piano transcription of this occasional composition presented to Stefi Geyer as 'Three Hungarian Folksongs from the Cs k District'. In all three versions Bart贸k retained the rich ornamentation of the flute version, and added a modal accompaniment to the melodies in a church mode. After the first two rubato melodies, notated in alternating time signatures, he concluded with a melody in strict 'giusto' rhythm. It is in this latter that the pentatonic skeletonbeneath the diatonic surface can best be felt. Bart贸k notated the pentatonic vocal version of this melody on this same field trip, and arranged it in the series 'Eight Hungarian Folksongs'.' (HCD 32524 Bart贸k New Series Vol. 24, Istv谩n G. N茅meth).
