Description
The Mikrokosmos encompass 153 progressive piano pieces in 6 volumes and were written between 1926 and 1937. Bartok began writing these pieces for his son Peter. When completed, they comprised one of the most comprehensive collections of contemporary technique and idioms for the piano ever assembled.
Contents:
- Thirds against a Single Voice.
- Hungarian Dance.
- Study in Chords.
- Melody against Double Notes.
- Thirds.
- Dragon’s Dance.
- Sixths and Triads.
- Hungarian Marching Song.
- Triplets.
- In Three Parts.
- Little Study.
- Five-tone Scale.
- Hommage a J. S. B.
- Hommage a R. Sch.
- Wandering.
- Scherzo.
- Melody with Interruptions.
- Merriment.
- Broken Chords.
- Two Major Pentachords.
- Variations.
- Duet for Pipes.
- In Four Parts (1).
- In Russian Style.
- Chromatic Invention(1).
- Chromatic Invention (2).
- In Four Parts (2).
- Once Upon a Time…
- Fox Song.
- Jolts.
