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Mikrokosmos: 153 Progressive Piano Pieces in 6 Volumes, Vol. 6 (Nos. 140-153)
| Composer: | Bartok, Bela |
| Editor: | Peter Bartok |
| Instrumentation: | Piano solo |
| Publisher: | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Item Code: | 48011053 |
RCM Level:  |
10, ARCT |
| Category: | Print music |
| Description: | The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic. Includes an introduction by the composer's son Peter Bartók. (English/French/German/Hungarian text). In 1945 Bela Bartok described Mikrokosmos as a cycle of 153 pieces for piano written for “didactic” purposes, seeing them as a series of pieces in many different styles, representing a small world, or as the “world of the little ones, the children”. Stylistically Mikrokosmos reflects the influence of folk music on Bartok's life and the rhythms and harmonies employed create music that is as modern today as when the cycle was written. The 153 pieces making up Mikrokosmos are divided into six volumes arranged according to technical and musical difficulty. Major teaching points highlighted in Mikrokosmos 6: Divided arpeggios, minor seconds, major sevenths, ostinato. |
Table of Contents
- Chromatic Invention III
- Divided Arpeggios
- Free Variations
- From the Diary of a Fly
- March
- Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths
- Ostinato
- Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm I
- Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm II
- Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm III
- Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm IV
- Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm V
- Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm VI
- Subject and Reflection