Bartok's Mikrokosmos

This work presents all 153 pieces of "Mikrokosmos" which range from beginner to complex. It also includes Bartok's comments on each piece and presents important biographical data about Bartok's career. It is a useful primary source for understanding, performing and teaching the "Mikrokosmos".

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Bela Bartok's Mikrokosmos is a collection of 153 pieces for piano designed by the composer as a series graded according to difficulty. The pieces were written between 1926 and 1939, and have become by far the best-known series of teaching pieces by a major composer in the twentieth-century. This in-depth study investigates Bartok's Mikrokosmos from three main viewpoints: the genesis of the pieces, their pedagogical value and their stylistic qualities. The book is intended for piano teachers, students, and performers as well as anyone interested in Bartok's life and work as pianist, educator, and composer.