38. Works for Piano 1914–1920

Contents

On the Complete Critical Edition

Abbreviations and Bibliographical References

Introduction

Piano Compositions of the War Years

Arrangements of Hungarian Folk Music

Hungarian Peasant Songs (1914)
Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs (1918)
Three Hungarian Folk Tunes (1914–1918, rev. 1941)

Arrangements of Romanian Folk Music

The Romanian Draft Complex
Romanian Christmas Songs (1915)
Romanian Folk Dances (1915)
Sonatina (1915)

Works with Opus Number

Suite, op. 14 (1916)
Studies, op. 18 (1918)
Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, op. 20 (1920)

The Present Edition

Acknowledgements

Notation and Performance

General Remarks

Bartók’s Notation
The Composer’s Recordings
Tempo, Metronome Markings, and Duration
Articulation and Touch
Accent Signs
Appoggiaturas, Ornaments
Separation Marks
Pedal Markings
Fingering

Remarks on Individual Works

Romanian Christmas Songs
Romanian Folk Dances
Sonatina
Suite, op. 14
Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs
Three Hungarian Folk Tunes
Studies, op. 18
Improvisations on Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, op. 20


Romanian Christmas Songs (BB 67)

Series I

Series II

Romanian Folk Dances (BB 68)

  1. Stick Dance
  2. Belt Dance
  3. Stamping Dance
  4. Dance of Bucium
  5. Romanian Polka
  6. Quick Dance

Sonatina (BB 69)

  1. (Bagpipers)
  2. (Bear Dance)
  3. (Finale)

Suite, op. 14 (BB 70)

  1. Allegretto
  2. Scherzo
  3. Allegro molto
  4. Sostenuto

Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs (BB 79)

Four Old Sorrowful Songs

Scherzo

Ballade (tema con variazioni)

Old Dance Tunes

Three Hungarian Folk Tunes (BB 80b)

  1. Andante tranquillo, rubato
  2. Allegro non troppo, un poco rubato
  3. Maestoso

Studies, op. 18 (BB 81)

  1. Allegro molto
  2. Andante sostenuto
  3. Rubato; Tempo giusto, capriccioso

Improvisations on Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, op. 20 (BB 83)

  1. Molto moderato
  2. Molto capriccioso
  3. Lento, rubato
  4. Allegretto scherzando
  5. Allegro molto
  6. Allegro moderato, molto capriccioso
  7. Sostenuto, rubato
  8. Allegro

Appendix I

Suite, op. 14, discarded second movement

Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, original nos. 1, 5, and 6

Appendix II

Folk Music Sources

Romanian Christmas Songs
Romanian Folk Dances
Sonatina
Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs
Three Hungarian Folk Tunes
Improvisations on Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, op. 20


CRITICAL COMMENTARY

Prefatory Remarks

Folk Music Sources

Sound Recordings

Manuscript Sources and Collections

Published Collections

Folk Music Sources of the Individual Works

Compositional Sources

Symbols and Sigla

Types of Music Paper

Description of Sources 

Romanian Christmas Songs (BB 67)

Romanian Folk Dances (BB 68)

Sonatina (BB 69)

Suite, op. 14 (BB 70)

Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs (BB 79)

Three Hungarian Folk Tunes (BB 80b) and “Leszállott a páva” (BB 80a)

Studies, op. 18 (BB 81)

Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, op. 20 (BB 83)

Critical Notes

Romanian Christmas Songs (BB 67)

Romanian Folk Dances (BB 68)

Sonatina (BB 69)

Suite, op. 14 (BB 70)

Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs (BB 79)

Three Hungarian Folk Tunes (BB 80b)

Studies, op. 18 (BB 81)

Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, op. 20 (BB 83)

Appendix I

Suite, op. 14, discarded second movement
Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, original nos. 1, 5, and 6