Par BARTOK BELA. Bartók?s Second String Quartet was composed ? with several long interruptions ? between 1915 and 1918, after he had spent several years almost solely devoted to collecting folk music. The melody and rhythms of the riotous middle movement ?Allegro, molto capriccioso? provide impressive testimony of how his research trips had taken him as far as North Africa. The first edition of th…

The Bartók Performing Editions-Instruktive Ausgaben von Béla Bártok. Par BACH JOHANN-SEBASTIAN. Bartók taught piano at the Music Academy in Budapest from 1907 to 1934. In his first years as a professor the Budapest music publishers Rozsnyai and Rózsavölgyi commissioned him to prepare so-called instructive editions (including suggestions, commentaries and fingerings for the performer) of several cl…

Béla Bartók Improvisations sur des chants paysans hongrois op. 20 Editeur: László Somfai Doigtés: Dénes Várjon Après les «15 chants paysans hongrois» (HN 1404), les «Improvisations sur des chants paysans hongrois» sont la deuxième 'uvre de Bartók dont le titre évoque les chants paysans. Plus tard, Bartók qualifia lui-même de «limite absolue» la manière dont les mélodies populaires se trouvent, da…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Nach BAND TIME Starter, das jungen Musikern schon nach wenigen Unterrichtsstunden ein Orchestererlebnis ermöglicht, hat der Komponist Jacob de Haan mit BAND TIME Expert eine Fortsetzung der erfolgreichen Spielbücher geliefert. Die Spielbücher eignen sich für das zweite Jahr im Vor- oder Jugendblasorchester und können parallel zum zweiten Teil der Instrumentalschule Hören, lesen …

Antonín Dvo?ák was a Czech composer. Following the nationalist example of Bed?ich Smetana, Dvo?ák frequently employed aspects, specifically rhythms,of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvo?ák's own style has been described as 'the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them'.The Pian…

Par BARTOK BELA. Parmi les nombreuses oeuvres composées par Bartók entre 1914 et 1918 à partir de musiques populaires hongroises et roumaines, ces trois pièces pour piano jouent un rôle particulier. Esquissées à l'origine pour le recueil des 15 Ungarische Bauernlieder (15 chansons paysannes hongroises, éd. Urtext HN 1404), elles sont restées ensuite pendant vingt ans à l'état de projet. Ce n'est q…

Par SUZUKI SHINICHI. The New International Edition of Suzuki Piano School, Volume 6, includes French, German and Spanish translations as well as a newly recorded CD performed by internationally renowned recording artist Seizo Azuma. Now the book and CD can be purchased together or separately. The contents have changed to include Mendelssohn's 'Venetian Gondola Song, ' J. S. Bach's 'Invention No. 8…

Like Dvorák's third and fourth quartets (in D major and E minor respectively), String Quartet #2 in B-flat major was probably composed between 1868 and 1870, when the young and still inexperienced composer was openly responding to stimuli from his musical surroundings and excitedly adopting new compositional techniques. All three quartets were long considered lost - it was even said that Dvorák de…

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Four original Sonatas with the Variations in G, K. 501 (probably on the composer's own theme and also original duet), the Fugue in G minor, K. 401 (completed by M. Stadler) and two Fantasias originally for mechanical organ, arranged for piano duet. CONTENTS Fantasia in F minor K594; Fantasia in F minor K608; Fugue in G minor K401; Sonata in B flat K358; Sonata in C K52…

Par BARTOK BELA. Bartók composed his first pedagogical collection For Children between 1908 and 1911. The first edition was issued between 1909 and 1911 in four volumes, comprising two of Hungarian and two of Slovak folk song arrangements. After moving to America, Bartók considered it important to produce new editions of his earlier works. Thus in autumn 1943, together with his new publisher Boose…