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Bartok's Mikrokosmos: Genesis, Pedagogy and Style
Author(s): Benjamin Suchoff (Author)
- Publisher: Scarecrow Press
- Publication Date: 20 Aug. 2002
- Language: English
- Print length: 200 pages
- ISBN-10: 0810844273
- ISBN-13: 9780810844278
Book Description
Bela Bartok’s Mikrokosmos is a collection of 153 pieces for piano designed by the composer as a series graded according to difficulty. The pieces were written between 1926 and 1939, and have become by far the best-known series of teaching pieces by a major composer in the twentieth-century. This in-depth study investigates Bartok’s Mikrokosmos from three main viewpoints: the genesis of the pieces, their pedagogical value and their stylistic qualities. The book is intended for piano teachers, students, and performers as well as anyone interested in Bartok’s life and work as pianist, educator, and composer.
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About the Author
Benjamin Suchoff is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles and a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. He has been successor trustee of the estate of Bela Bartok, curator of its New York Bartok Archieve, and editor of the fifteen-volume Bartok Archive Studies in Musicology Series and the two volumes of the Bartok Archive Edition series of piano works.
