Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos, Volume 2: 153 Progressive Piano Pieces

by Béla Bartók

(BH Piano). The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic. Includes an introduction by the composer's son Peter Bartok. (English/French/German/Hungarian text). In 1945 Bela Bartok described Mikrokosmos as a cycle of 153 pieces for piano written for "didactic" purposes, seeing them as a series of pieces in many different styles, representing a small world, or as the "world of the little ones, the children". Stylistically Mikrokosmos reflects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851626025
• ISBN13: 9780851626024
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Inc
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.9" x 12.0"