(BH Piano). The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic.
Includes an introduction by the composer's son Peter Bartok.
(English/Spanish/Japanese/Portuguese text). 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. Major teaching points
highlighted in Mikrokosmos 2: Staccato, legato; Accompaniment in broken
triads; Accents Volume 1 contains Nos. 1-36