Sonatina

Bela Bartok's Sonatina for piano consists of five different folk tunes. In a radio broadcast of the Sonatina in 1944, Bart k described the piece: This sonatina was originally conceived as a group of Rumanian folk dances for piano . . . The first movement, which is called "Bagpipers", is a dance---these are two dances played by two bagpipe players, the first by one and the second by another. The second movement is called "Bear Dance"---this was played for me by a peasant violinist on the G and D string, on the lower strings in order to have it more similar to a bear's voice . . . And the last movement contains also two folk melodies played by peasant violin players." Includes: I. Dud sok (Bagpipes) Allegretto * II. Medvet nc (Bear Dance) Moderato * III. Finale. Allegro vivace. "

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075791909X
• ISBN13: 9780757919091
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: Alfred Music
• Length: 12 Pages