Bartsk for Piano A Survey of His Solo Literature

Name: Bartsk for Piano A Survey of His Solo Literature
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ISBN: 9780253310064

ISBN-10: 0253310067

ISBN-13: 9780253310064

Edition: 1988

Authors: David Yeomans

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This chronological listing of more than 400 separate pieces and movement presents in practical and convenient form essential information about each of Bartk's piano works: the year of publication, the various editions in which it has been published, its timing, the level of difficulty from both a technical and an interpretative standpoint, and bibliographical references to it. To this basic material David Yeomans adds pertinent quotations from Bartk and other authorities, a discussion of the original folk material when applicable, a musical analysis, suggestions for performance, and comments on Bartk's own recordings of the work.An introductory chapter traces Bartk's career as a concert…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 8/1/1988
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Dr. David Yeomans is Professor Emeritus at Texas Woman's University, where he taught Piano, Piano Literature and Pedagogy, and Music History. He is author of Bartï¿½k for Piano (IUP 1987, 2000).



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Introduction: Bart=k as Pianist and Piano Teacher


Using the Survey


Chronological Survey of Bart=k's Solo Piano Works


Funeral March from Kossuth, Sz. 21


Four Piano Pieces, Sz. 22


Rhapsody, Op. 1, Sz. 22


Rhapsody, Op. 1, Sz. 26


Three Hungarian Foilsongs from Csik, Sz. 35a


fourteen Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 29


Ten Easy Piano Pieces, Sz. 29


Two Elegies, op. 8b, Sz. 41


For Children (Volumes I and II), Sz. 42


Two Romanian Dances, Op. 8a, Sz. 43


Seven Sketches, Op. 9b, Sz. 44


Four Dirges, Op. 9a, Sz. 45


Two Pictures, Op. 12, Sz. 46


Three Burlesques, Op. 8c, Sz. 47


Allegro Barbaro, Sz. 49


Piano Method, Sz. 52


The First Term at the Piano, Sz. 53


Sonatina, Sz. 55


Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56


Romanian Christmas Songs (Series I and II), Sz. 57


Suite, Op. 14, Sz. 62


Three Hungarian Folk-tunes, Sz. 66


Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71


Three Studies, Op. 18, Sz. 72


Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20, Sz. 74


Dance Suite, Sz. 77


Sonata, Sz. 80


Out of Doors, Sz. 81


Nine Little Piano Pieces, Sz. 82


Three rondos on Folk Tunes, Sz. 84


Petite Suite, Sz. 105


Mikrokosmos (Volumes I-VI), Sz. 107



Solo Piano Works in Order of Difficulty



Publishers' Addresses



Editions and Transcriptions by Bart=k of Keyboard Works by Other Composers



Critical Survey of Teaching Editions and Collections of Bart=k's Piano Music


Bibliography


Index