Bartok, Bela / Reschofsky, Sandor - Piano Method (1913), Revised, English Edition by Leslie Russell - Beginning Exercises by Reschofsky // Forty-Eight (48) Short Pieces by Bartok - Piano Method Volume

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Piano Method – Revised Edition

Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest
Composers: Bela Bartok, Sándor Reschofsky

This piano method for beginners, first published in 1913, contains exercises by Reschofsky alongside 48 short pieces Bartók composed to complement the exercises. An early review stated “We can see [here] that a piece for beginners can also be alive and vibrant. It can stir the soul and move the mind.” This edition includes text in English, German, French, and Hungarian.

Commissioned by the music publisher Rózsavölgyi & Co., Béla Bartók and Sándor Reschofsky assembled their Piano Method for beginners, which was first published in 1913. Pianist and composer Reschofsky devised the framework and wrote the exercises for Piano Method, while Bartók composed 48 short performance pieces on the basis of the exercises. In a review published in the journal Nyugat (Occident) on 1 November 1913 musicologist Antal Molnár enthusiastically welcomed the pieces by Bartók, which include both folk song arrangements and original compositions prefiguring the style of Mikrokosmos. We can see [here] that a piece for beginners can also be alive and vibrant' declared Molnár. It can stir the soul and move the mind.

By its very existence it marks the end of lifeless, mechanical piano literature. Not only can these pieces be played with real devotion, since they are so charming, but they themselves can make you develop. They can teach you refined simplicity and sophisticated naivety, and you can do honor to eternal, genuine musicality in them.' Ever since its appearance, many teachers have made successful use of Piano Method by Reschofsky and Bartók in the early years of instrumental music education.

Inventory # HL50600928
ISMN: 9790080150726 (M080150726)
UPC: 888680713188
Series: EMB
Format: Softcover
Publisher Code: Z15072
Width: 9.0"
Length: 12.0"
136 pages

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