Bartsk for Piano: A Survey of His Solo Literature
A chronological treatment of more than 400 separate pieces and movements presents essential information about each: the year of publication, the various editions in which it has been published, its timing, the level of technical and interpretive difficulty, and bibliographical references to it. To this basic treatment Yeomans has added pertinent quotations from Bartok and other authorities, a discussion of the original folk material when applicable, a musical analysis, suggestions for performance, and comments on Bartok's own recordings of the work. An introductory chapter traces Bartok's career as a concert pianist and a piano teacher and includes his own performance directives for the interpretation of his piano music. One of the helpful appendixes treats Bartok's piano transcriptions of other composers' works.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0253310067
ISBN13:9780253310064
Release Date:August 1988
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"
Customer Reviews
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Essential for Bartok Lovers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This book is a complete survey of all of Bela Bartok's solo piano literature. For each piece (including every piece in Mikrokosmos), it includes detailed notes on the music and its background, playing tips, and ratings of technical and musical difficulty. The book also includes information about Bartok's musical notation and style. Not only are we told which music publishers have each piece in print, but it also includes complete descriptions of the available anthologies of Bartok's music.The information provided by pianist David Yeomans is of very high quality, and I found his difficulty ratings, in particular, extremely accurate and helpful when selecting works for practice. This book is a must for anyone who loves to play Bartok's music, no matter what your level of playing ability.Only the information on the recordings is out of date, but this is rendered moot by the fact that all of Bartok's solo piano works are available on CD in the excellent renditions by Gyorgy Sandor.
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