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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945 (Composer)
Published: Boosey & Hawkes,
Publisher Address: London ; New York :
Publication Dates: [1940]
Literature type: Musical Score Book
Language: Hungarian
English
French
Edition: Winthrop Rogers edition.
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Item Description: Composed 1926-1939; BB 105; principally for piano solo; number 43, 44, 55, and 68 for 2 pianos; number 65, 74, 95, and 127 are songs for voice and piano
Preface and notes in English, French, and German
Carrier Form: 1 score (6 volumes) ; 31 cm
Index Number: MT243
CLC: J657.411
Call Number: #P004435
#P004436
#P004437
#P004438
Contents: 1. Nos. 1-36 -- 2. Nos. 37-66 -- 3. Nos. 67-96 -- 4. Nos. 97-121 -- 5. Nos. 122-139 -- 6. Nos. 140-153
v. 1.: Six unison melodies -- Dotted notes -- Repetition -- Syncopation -- With alternate hands -- Parallel motion -- Reflection -- Change of position -- Question and answer -- Village song -- Parallel motion and change of position -- Contrary motion -- Four unison melodies -- Imitation and counterpoint -- Imitation and inversion -- Pastorale -- Imitation and inversion -- Repetition -- Syncopation -- Canon at the octave -- Imitation reflected -- Canon at the lower fifth -- Little dance in canon form -- In Dorian mode -- Slow dance -- In Phrygian mode -- Chorale -- Free canon -- Appendix : Exercises
v. 2.: In Lydian mode -- Staccato and legato -- Staccato and legato -- In Yugoslav mode -- Melody with accompaniment -- Accompaniment in broken triads -- In Hungarian style -- Contrary motion -- Méditation -- Increasing-diminishing -- Big fair -- In Mixolydian mode -- Crescendo-diminuendo -- Minuetto -- Waves -- Unison divided -- In Transylvanian style -- Chromatic -- Triplets in Lydian mode -- Melody in tenths -- Accents -- In Oriental style -- Major and minor -- Canon with sustained notes -- Pentatonic melody -- Minor sixths in parallel motion -- Buzzing -- Line and point -- Dialogue -- Melody divided -- Appendix : Exercises
v. 3.: Thirds against a single voice -- Hungarian dance -- Chord study -- Melody against double notes -- Thirds -- Dragons' dance -- Sixths and triads -- Hungarian song -- Triplets -- In three parts -- Little study -- Five-tone scale -- Hommage à J.S.B. -- Hommage à R. Sch. -- Wandering -- Scherzo -- Melody with interruptions -- Merriment -- Broken chords -- Two major pentachords -- Variations -- Duet for pipes -- In four parts -- In Russian style -- Chromatic invention -- Chromatic invention -- In four parts -- Tale -- Song of the fox -- Stumblings -- Appendix : Exercises
v. 4.: Notturno -- Thumb under -- Crossed hands -- In the style of a folk song -- Diminished fifth -- Harmonics -- Minor and major -- Through the keys -- Playsong -- Children's song -- Melody in the mist -- Wrestling -- From the island of Bali -- Clashing sounds -- Intermezzo -- Variations on a folk tune -- Bulgarian rhythm -- Theme and inversion -- Bulgarian rhythm -- Melody -- Bourreé -- Triplets in 9/8 time -- Dance in 3/4 time -- Fifth chords -- Two-part study -- Appendix : Exercises
v. 5.: Chords together and opposed -- Staccato and legato -- Staccato -- Boating -- Change of time -- New Hungarian folk song -- Peasant dance -- Alternating thirds -- Village joke -- Fourths -- Major seconds broken and together -- Syncopation -- Studies in double notes -- Perpetuum mobile -- Whole-tone scale -- Unison -- Bagpipe -- Merry Andrew
v. 6.: Free variations -- Subject and reflection -- From the diary of a fly -- Divided arpeggios -- Minor seconds, major sevenths -- Chromatic invention -- Ostinato -- March -- Six dances in Bulgarian rhythm