Description
The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic. Includes an introduction by the composer’s son Peter Bartók.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 life and the rhythms and harmonies employed create music that is as modern today as when the cycle was written. The 153 pieces making up Mikrokosmos are divided into six volumes arranged according to technical and musical difficulty.
Major teaching points highlighted in Mikrokosmos 1:
Unison melodies
Question and answer
Imitation and Inversion.
Contents:
1-6. Six Unison Melodies.
- Dotted Notes.
- Repetition (1).
- Syncopation (1).
- With Alternative Hands.
- Parallel Motion.
- Reflection.
- Change of Position.
- Question and Answer.
- Village Song.
- Parallel Motion with Change of Position.
- Contrary Motion (1).
- Four Unison Melodies.
- Imitation and Counterpoint.
- Imitation and Inversion (1).
- Pastorale.
- Imitation and Inversion (2).
- Repetition (2).
- Syncopation (2).
- Canon at the Octave.
- Imitation Reflected.
- Canon at the Lower Fifth.
- Dance in Canon Form.
- In Dorian Mode.
- In Phrygian Mode.
- Chorale.
- Free Canon.
