Bartók, Béla : Mikrokosmos BB 105 Sz 107
Work Overview
Composition Year：1926
Instrumentation：Piano Solo
Genre：Educational works
Total Playing Time：30 min 55 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
Commentary (1)
Author : Wada, Mayuko
Last Updated: August 1, 2007
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Author : Wada, Mayuko
Composed during Bartók's most prolific period, from 1926 to 1939. It consists of 153 pieces across 6 volumes. It was conceived as piano pedagogical exercises for his son Péter, born from his remarriage to Ditta Pásztory (Volumes 1 and 2 are dedicated to his son).
Volumes
- Volume 1: 36 pieces (Nos. 1-36)
- Volume 2: 30 pieces (Nos. 37-66)
- Volume 3: 30 pieces (Nos. 67-96)
- Volume 4: 25 pieces (Nos. 97-121)
- Volume 5: 18 pieces (Nos. 122-139)
- Volume 6: 14 pieces (Nos. 140-153)
Volumes 1 to 3 can be used by piano beginners. Furthermore, Volume 4 is recommended to be used in conjunction with works like "Anna Magdalena" or Czerny's etudes of a similar level. The collection increases in difficulty and artistic merit with each successive volume, especially from Volume 5 onwards, where the pieces reach the level of concert repertoire.
Characteristic features include the use of modes, pentatonic scales, whole-tone scales, irregular rhythms, changing meters, and dissonances. It would be ideal as a challenge for familiarizing oneself with these modern elements, which differ from traditional teaching materials.
Pieces (Volume 4)
- 97. Notturno
- 98. Thumb Under
- 99. Crossing Hands
- 100. In Folk Song Style
- 101. Diminished Fifth
- 102. Harmonics
- 103. Minor and Major
- 104. Through the Keys
- 105. Play Song
- 106. Children's Song
- 107. Melody in the Mist
- 108. Wrestling
- 109. From Bali
- 110. Harmonized Sounds
- 111. Intermezzo
- 112. Variations on a Folk Song
- 113. Bulgarian Rhythm No. 1
- 114. Theme and Inversion
- 115. Bulgarian Rhythm No. 2
- 116. Song
- 117. Bourrée
- 118. Triplets in 9/8
- 119. Dance in 3/4
- 120. Chords in Fifths
- 121. Two-Part Study
Movements (25)
104. Wandering Through the Keys
Total Performance Time: 1 min 06 sec
110. And the Sounds Clash and Clang...
Total Performance Time: 1 min 06 sec
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(株)ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス
ハンナ（ショパン）
(株)音楽之友社
ショット・ミュージック(株)
ブージー & ホークス社