Bartok For Piano: A Survey Of His Solo Literature; Author: Yeomans, David; Hardback; Book

Author: Yeomans, David
Hardback; Book
176 pages
Published: May 2000
Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253310067

A chronological treatment of more than 400 separate pieces and movements presents essential information about each: the year of publication, the various editions in which it has been published, its timing, the level of technical and interpretive difficulty, and bibliographical references to it. To this basic treatment Yeomans has added pertinent quotations from Bartok and other authorities, a discussion of the original folk material when applicable, a musical analysis, suggestions for performance, and comments on Bartok's own recordings of the work.An introductory chapter traces Bartok's career as a concert pianist and a piano teacher and includes his own performance directives for the interpretation of his piano music. One of the helpful appendixes treats Bartok's piano transThis chronological listing of more than 400 separate pieces and movements presents in a practical and convenient form essential information about each of Bartok's piano works: the year of publication; editions; its timing; level of difficulty; and bibliographical references to it.