Mikrokosmos Volume 1 (Pink)

The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic. Includes an introduction by the composer's son Peter Bartók. In 1945 Béla Bartók 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 the influence of folk music on Bartok's life and the rhythms and harmonies employed create music that is as modern today as when the cycle was written. The 153 pieces making up Mikrokosmos are divided into six volumes arranged according to technical and musical difficulty. Major teaching points highlighted in Mikrokosmos 1: Unison melodies, Question and answer, Imitation and Inversion. Volume with pink covers have text in English, French, German, and Hungarian.

Songs Include:

• CANON AT THE LOWER FIFTH
• CANON AT THE OCTAVE
• CHANGE OF POSITION
• CHORALE
• CONTRARY MOTION
• DANCE IN CANON FORM
• DOTTED NOTES
• FOUR UNISON MELODIES
• FREE CANON
• IMITATION AND COUNTERPOINT
• IMITATION AND INVERSION
• IMITATION REFLECTED
• IN DORIAN MODE
• IN PHRYGIAN MODE
• PARALLEL MOTION
• PARALLEL MOTION WITH CHANGE OF POSITION
• PASTORALE
• QUESTION AND ANSWER
• REFLECTION
• REPETITION
• SIX UNISON MELODIES
• SLOW DANCE
• SYNCOPATION
• VILLAGE SONG
• WITH ALTERNATE HANDS

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