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Bartók's mikrokosmos : genesis, pedagogy, and style

Béla Bartók'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.
Print Book, English, 2002
The Scarecrow Press, Lanham, 2002
XIV, 1825 Seiten : Illustrationen
9780810851634, 0810851636
875344948
Part 1 PART ONE: Genesis Chapter 2 1. BARTÓK AS PIANIST Chapter 3 2. BARTÓK AS TEACHER Chapter 4 3. BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MIKROKOSMOS Part 5 PART TWO: Pedagogy Chapter 6 4. TECHNIQUE AND MUSICIANSHIP Chapter 7 5. FORMAT AND DEFINITIONS Chapter 8 6. VOLUME ONE Chapter 9 7. VOLUME TWO Chapter 10 8. VOLUME THREE Chapter 11 9. VOLUME FOUR Chapter 12 10. VOLUME FIVE Chapter 13 11. VOLUME SIX Part 14 PART THREE: Style Chapter 15 12. BARTÓK'S MUSICAL LANGUAGE Chapter 16 13. VOLUME ONE Chapter 17 14. VOLUME TWO Chapter 18 15. VOLUME THREE Chapter 19 16. VOLUME FOUR Chapter 20 17. VOLUME FIVE Chapter 21 18. VOLUME SIX