Béla Bartók

Vol. 10 | Folk Song Arrangements

Vera Lampert (Editor)

Viola Biró (Editor)

Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound

Voice and Piano

Weight 2230 g

HN 6210 · ISMN 979-0-2018-6210-1

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Content/Details

Székely Folk Song (BB 34)

Hungarian Folk Songs [Volume I], Nos. 1–10 (BB 42, early version and revised version)

Eight Hungarian Folk Songs (BB 47)

Slovak Folk Song (BB 73)

Village Scenes (BB 87a)

1. Haymaking

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About the Composer

Béla Bartók

This composer, who numbers among the most important musical figures in the first half of the twentieth century, is known principally for his research into Hungarian folk music, the elements of which he incorporated into his style. His broad oeuvre includes numerous works for orchestra, piano, and chamber ensembles, as well as choral music; songs with piano accompaniment; and an opera.

1881	Born in Nagyszentmiklós on March 25. First piano instruction from his mother.
1893–ca. 1896	Piano studies with László Erkel in Pressburg (Bratislava).
1899–1903	Studies piano and composition at the Budapest Academy of Music. Symphonic poem “Kossuth” in 1903.
from 1905	Together with Zóltan Kodály he begins scientific field research into Hungarian folk music and thereby refutes conventional notions. He becomes acquainted with the music of Debussy.
1905–07	Suite No. 2, Op. 4, for small orchestra.
1907–34	Professor of piano in Budapest.
1908–09	“For Children,” 85 transcriptions of folk songs for piano, later only 79.
1915–17	String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, with percussive playing techniques.
1917	Premiere of his ballet “The Wooden Prince.”
1918	Premiere of “Bluebeard’s Castle,” Op. 11 (composed 1911), partially based on the sounds of French music.
1920	Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20.
1926	Performance of the pantomime “The Miraculous Mandarin.” Piano cycle “Out of Doors.”
1926–39	“Mikrokosmos” for piano (six volumes).
from 1934	Editor of the complete edition of Hungarian folk music.
1936	Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta as avant-garde work.
1937–38	Concerto (No. 2) for violin and orchestra.
1940	Emigrates to the United States.
1945	Piano Concerto No. 3; his concerto for viola remains unfinished. Death in New York on September 26.

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