Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos, Nos. 1-36: 153 Progressive Piano Pieces

by Béla Bartók

Book Overview

(BH Piano). The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic. Includes an introduction by the composer's son Peter Bartok. 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000SI1SW8
• ISBN13: 9781423493044
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Inc
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.8" x 11.8"