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Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Nationality:
Hungarian
Born: March 25, 1881, Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary Died: September 26, 1945, New York City, NY (age 64)
Sonata, Sz. 110 BB. 115
(for 2 pianos and percussion)
| 12:32 | I. | Assai lento - Allegro molto | |
| 6:11 | II. | Lento ma non troppo | |
| 6:19 | III. | Allegro non troppo |
Duration: 27 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1937, Summer (age 55-56)
Premiere:
January 16, 1938. Basel, Switzerland. Béla Bartók and Ditta Pásztory-Bartók (wife), pianos, Fritz Schiesser and Philipp Rühlig, percussion
Published:
1942 (age 60-61)
3 recordings,
9 videos
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11:49
Zoltán Kocsis, Dezső Ránki, Gusztáv Cser, Zoltán Rácz
I.
Assai lento - Allegro molto
5:44
Zoltán Kocsis, Dezső Ránki, Gusztáv Cser, Zoltán Rácz
II.
Lento ma non troppo
6:14
Zoltán Kocsis, Dezső Ránki, Gusztáv Cser, Zoltán Rácz
III.
Allegro non troppo
11:59
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashkenazy, David Corkhill, Andrew Smith
I.
Assai lento - Allegro molto
6:43
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashkenazy, David Corkhill, Andrew Smith
II.
Lento ma non troppo
6:00
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashkenazy, David Corkhill, Andrew Smith
III.
Allegro non troppo
13:05
Alfons Kontarsky, Aloys Kontarsky, Christoph Caskel, Heinz Koenig
I.
Assai lento - Allegro molto
6:08
Alfons Kontarsky, Aloys Kontarsky, Christoph Caskel, Heinz Koenig
II.
Lento ma non troppo
6:27
Alfons Kontarsky, Aloys Kontarsky, Christoph Caskel, Heinz Koenig
III.
Allegro non troppo
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glossary
- allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
- assai—very much. Intensifies the direction of its neighboring words, e.g. "allegro assai", very fast
- 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
- lento, lent [F], lentement [F], avec lenteur [F]—slow (tempo)
- ma—but, however
- molto [It]—very much
- sonata, sonate, suonato—a complicated term. Originally, "sounded" rather than "sung" (sonar vs. cantar), e.g. instrumental music. According to historical period, sonata began to imply a formal plan of movements as well as the structure within a single movement, e.g. sonata form. In general usage as a work title, it designates a multi-movement piece for solo or duo instruments with one of the instruments enjoying a feature role.
- troppo [I], non troppo, trop [F]—too, too much. non troppo means "not too much". e.g. "Allegro ma non troppo" means fast, but not too much