Bartók's Mikrokosmos

Now available in paperback! BZla Bart-k'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 Bart-k'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 Bart-k's life and work as pianist, educator, and composer. Cloth originally published in 2002 under ISBN 0-8108-4427-3.

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 BZla Bart-k, curator of its New York Bart-k Archive, and editor of the fifteen-volume Bart-k Archive Studies in Musicology Series and the two volumes of the Bart-k Archive Edition series of piano works.

Chapter 1
Chapter ONE: Genesis
Chapter 2 1. BARTÓK AS PIANIST
Chapter 3 2. BARTÓK AS TEACHER
Chapter 4 3. BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MIKROKOSMOS
Chapter 5
Chapter TWO: Pedagogy
Chapter 6 4. TECHNIQUE AND MUSICIANSHIP
Chapter 7 5. FORMAT AND DEFINITIONS
Chapter 8 6. VOLUME ONE
Chapter 9 7. VOLUME TWO
Chapter 10 8. VOLUME THREE
Chapter 11 9. VOLUME FOUR
Chapter 12 10. VOLUME FIVE
Chapter 13 11. VOLUME SIX
Chapter 14
Chapter THREE: Style
Chapter 15 12. BARTÓK'S MUSICAL LANGUAGE
Chapter 16 13. VOLUME ONE
Chapter 17 14. VOLUME TWO
Chapter 18 15. VOLUME THREE
Chapter 19 16. VOLUME FOUR
Chapter 20 17. VOLUME FIVE
Chapter 21 18. VOLUME SIX