Sonatina
by Bela Bartok
Small Ensemble - Sheet Music

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SKU: AP.K03139

Composed by Bela Bartok. Masterworks; Piano Solo; Solo; Solo Small Ensembles. Kalmus Edition. Form: Sonatina. 20th Century; Masterwork. 12 pages. Kalmus Classic Edition #00-K03139. Published by Kalmus Classic Edition (AP.K03139).

ISBN 9780757919091. UPC: 654979072386. English.

Bela Bartok's Sonatina for piano consists of five different folk tunes. In a radio broadcast of the Sonatina in 1944, Bartók described the piece: This sonatina was originally conceived as a group of Rumanian folk dances for piano . . . The first movement, which is called Bagpipers, is a dance---these are two dances played by two bagpipe players, the first by one and the second by another. The second movement is called Bear Dance---this was played for me by a peasant violinist on the G and D string, on the lower strings in order to have it more similar to a bear's voice . . . And the last movement contains also two folk melodies played by peasant violin players. Includes: I. Dudások (Bagpipes) Allegretto * II. Medvetánc (Bear Dance) Moderato * III. Finale. Allegro vivace.