Bartók: ROMANIAN FOLK DANCE (sz.56) for the Piano + CD
Publisher | ALFRED PUBLISHING CO.,INC. |
Genre: | classical & sacret |
Arrangement: | piano |
Cast: | solo |
Difficulty: |
Intermediate
Advanced |
Format: | book + CD |
Series: | Alfred Masterwork Edition |
Parameters
Product code: | ALF37158 |
Composer: | Bartók, Béla |
Author / Editor: | Hinson, Maurice |
No. of songs: | 6 |
Pages: | 16 |
Language: | English |
Size: | 23 x 30 cm |
UPC: | 038081412641 |
ISBN: | 9780739077665 |
Weight: | 94 g |
Audio examples
Songlist (6)
- Joc cu Bátá (Stick Dance)
- Pe loc (On the Spot)
- Poargá Románeascá (Romanian Polka)
- Braul (Waistband Dance)
- Buciumeana (Dance of Butschum)
- Afáruntelzd (Lively Dance)
Product description
This set of six pieces is based on folk song melodies and dance forms from Transylvania which was annexed to Romania in 1920. The contrasting melodies were originally for violin or shepherd's flute, but the unusual harmonies are original with Bartók. The performance time for the complete set of dances is approximately 4 minutes, 15 seconds. Included is an outstanding CD recording from the Naxos label.
Béla Bartók (1881-1945), full name Béla Viktor János Bartók, was a Hungarian composer, pianist and and music scientist. He emigrated to the USA in 1940 because of his opposition to Hungarian fascism. Together with Leoš Janáček and Zoltán Kodály, he is one of the composers whose significant source of inspiration was folk music. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century.