Bela Bartok - Allegro Barbaro & Other Short Works Piano Book

Bela Bartok - Allegro Barbaro & Other Short Works Piano Book

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

This treasury of piano works from one of the 20th century's most influential composers includes the dancelike Allegro Barbaro, a sonorous, boisterous piece of power and bravura; 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs; 6 Romanian Folk Dances; 20 Romanian Christmas Carols; and 8 Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs. Musical gems for pianists at intermediate and advanced skill levels. 112 pages. 

Hungarian composer Bela Bartok (1881–1945) was inspired by the themes, modes, and rhythmic patterns of folk music, which he incorporated into his own distinctive style. As a teacher, ethnomusicologist, and pianist, he was enormously influential in the direction of 20th-century music.

Contents Includes:

- Allegro barbaro
- Romanian Folk Dances
  - I. Stick game
  - II. Peasant costume
  - III. Standing still
  - IV. Song of the mountain horn
  - V. A garden gate in Romania
  - VI. Little one
- Romanian Christmas Carols
  - First Series
    - 10 short pieces, including concert versions of selected carols
  - Second Series
    - 10 short pieces, including concert versions of selected carols
- Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs
  - Four Old Tunes (Nos. 1-4)
  - Scherzo (No. 5)
  - Ballade: Theme with variations (No. 6)
  - Old Dance Tunes (Nos. 7-15)
- Suite, Op. 14
  - 1. Allegretto
  - 2. Scherzo (No. 5)
  - 3. Allegro molto
  - 4. Sostenuto
- Etudes, Op. 18
  - I. Allegro molto
  - II. Andante sostenuto
  - III. Rubato
- Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20
  - I. Molto moderato
  - II. Molto capriccioso
  - III. Lento, rubato
  - IV. Allegretto scherzando
  - V. Allegro molto
  - VI. Allegro moderato, molto capriccioso
  - VII. Sostenuto, rubato (In memory of Claude Debussy)
  - VIII. Allegro

AMEB:

Piano / Certificate of Performance / List D

• Allegro barbaro Sz 49/BB 63