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Bartók's Mikrokosmos: The Definitive Edition

Bartók's Mikrokosmos: The Definitive Edition
The famous "Blue" (English, Spanish, Japanese & Portuguese) and "Pink" (English, French, German & Hungarian) versions.

The definitive edition of the piano teaching classic features an introduction by the composer's son, Peter Bartók.

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 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.

Also available is a Naxos audio CD featuring the complete pieces from Books 1-6.

For more information on Béla Bartók, plus a complete list of his available publications, click here


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