Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Nationality:
Hungarian
Born: March 25, 1881, Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary Died: September 26, 1945, New York City, NY (age 64)
Hungarian Folk Tunes, BB 109
(for violin and piano)
| 0:49 | I. | Parlando | |
| 0:55 | II. | Andante non molto | |
| 1:38 | III. | Allegro vivace | |
| 1:22 | IV. | Andante sostenuto | |
| 0:42 | V. | Allegro | |
| 0:54 | VI. | Andante | |
| 0:57 | VII. | Poco vivace |
Duration: 8 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1908-1909 (age 26-28)
Revised:
1926 (age 44-45)
Note: Joseph Szigeti's 1926 transcription of 5 pieces from Bartók's For Children, Sz.42, 1908-1909
2 recordings,
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7:18
Joseph Szigeti, Belá Bartók
0:49
Barnabás Kelemen, Zoltán Kocsis
I.
Parlando
0:55
Barnabás Kelemen, Zoltán Kocsis
II.
Andante non molto
1:38
Barnabás Kelemen, Zoltán Kocsis
III.
Allegro vivace
1:22
Barnabás Kelemen, Zoltán Kocsis
IV.
Andante sostenuto
0:42
Barnabás Kelemen, Zoltán Kocsis
V.
Allegro
0:54
Barnabás Kelemen, Zoltán Kocsis
VI.
Andante
0:57
Barnabás Kelemen, Zoltán Kocsis
VII.
Poco vivace
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glossary
- allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
- andante [I]—moderately slow tempo (e.g. walking). Faster than adagio but slower than allegretto
- chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
- duo, duet, dueto [S], duetto [I], duett [G]—a work for two instruments; the ensemble itself
- molto [It]—very much
- poco, un poco, poco a poco—a little bit, e.g. "andante un poco moto" is andante with a little more motion than typical. "poco a poco" means a little bit at a time, gradually.
- sostenuto [I], soutenu [F]—sustained, perhaps a bit slow
- transcription, transcribe—To re-score a work for an ensemble of instruments different from the original version. Typical examples include orchestrating piano or chamber works and visa versa. Within the realm of chamber music, a work for winds might be transcribed for strings, a symphony into a string quartet, a trio featuring a clarinet substituting a viola. One interesting question is: who made the transcription, the original composer? One interesting effect is that the transcription may become favored over the original. One of the most curious transcriptions in all of chamber music is Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht", transcribed from string sextet to piano trio with amazing success by one of his students.
- vivace—brisk, lively tempo faster than allegro