Bartokś Mikrokosmos: Genesis, Pedagogy, and StyleNow available in paperback! BZla Bart-k's Mikrokosmos is a collection of 153 pieces for piano designed by the composer as a series graded according to difficulty. The pieces were written between 1926 and 1939, and have become by far the best-known series of teaching pieces by a major composer in the twentieth century. This in-depth study investigates Bart-k's Mikrokosmos from three main viewpoints: the genesis of the pieces, their pedagogical value, and their stylistic qualities. The book is intended for piano teachers, students, and performers as well as anyone interested in Bart-k's life and work as pianist, educator, and composer. Cloth originally published in 2002 under ISBN 0-8108-4427-3. |
Contents
BARTÓK AS PIANIST | 3 |
BARTÓK AS TEACHER | 12 |
BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MIKROKOSMOS | 18 |
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accents Accompanying Figurations bagpipe bars Bartók's Comments Bartók's Music BBGM beat Béla Bartók Benjamin Suchoff Boosey & Hawkes BROKEN CHORD PLAYING Budapest Bulgarian Rhythm change of tempo chromatic chromaticism Clef changes coda Combined Touch-Forms contrary motion Counterpoint damper dance degrees diatonic dotted tenuto Dynamic Contrast espressivo EXPRESSION FINGER INDEPENDENCE FINGERING PROBLEMS folk music fundamental tone Hand crossings HAND INDEPENDENCE hexachord Hungarian Ibid interlude INTERVAL PLAYING juxtaposed juxtaposition key signature Legato LMBB Lydian major sevenths melody meter Mikrokosmos minor second minor third Mixed accidentals mode motif Musicianship non-legato nondiatonic NOTATION octatonic scale octave ostinato Part-playing PASSAGE-WORK pedal pentachord pentatonic Phrasing Phrygian Phrygian mode pianist piano pitch collection polymodal chromaticism pulse unit quarter note rhythm schemata Romanian schema separating signs seventh chord Slovak song staccato stretto structure style Suggestions Syncopation Technique tenuto ternary form tetrachords theme tonic TOUCH triads trichords tritone twelve-tone polymode variant voice York Z-cell