Béla Bartók - For Children Volume 2

Béla Bartók - For Children Volume 2 Komponist: Béla Bartók Serie: Henle Urtext Editions Antall sider: 59 Instrument: Piano Utgivelsesår: 2017 Utgiver: G. Henle Verlag Utgavenummer: HN 1226 ISMN: 9790201812267 Long before his famous Mikrokosmos, Bartók composed a comprehensive collection of little piano pieces, entitled For Children. Written in 1908 1911, its two volumes are based on Hungarian and Slovakian folk tunes respectively. Both are organised in ascending difficulty, from simple two-part pieces to Impressionistic miniatures, and they offer everything that children’s hands can manage. Bartók revised this collection in the 1940s. He did not just make musical improvements, but also gave every movement a title. This revised version forms the main text of our Urtext edition, while an appendix offers movements from the early version that diverge significantly from the revisedones. As always in Henle’s Bartók editions, there are indications regarding performance practice and insights into how the composer himself played these pieces.