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B​é​la Bart​ó​k: 10 Easy Pieces, Sz. 39

by Robert von Heeren

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Dedication / Introduction, Parlando, Sz. 39 (No. 0) 02:41
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Peasant Song, Allegro Moderato, Sz. 39, No. 1 00:46
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Frustration / Painful Struggle, Lento, Sz. 39, No. 2 01:02
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Slovakian Boy's Dance, Allegro, C-Major, Sz. 39, No. 3 00:56
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Sostenuto, Sz. 39, No. 4 01:07
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Evening In Transylvania, Lento Rubato, E-Minor, Sz. 39, No. 5 02:37
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Hungarian Folksong, Allegretto, C-Major, Sz. 39, No. 6 01:06
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Dawn / Aurora, Molto Andante, Sz. 39, No. 7 01:16
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Slovakian Folksong, Poco Andante, C-Minor, Sz. 39, No. 8 01:20
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Five Finger Exercise, Moderato, A-Minor, Sz. 39, No. 9 01:38
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Bear Dance, Allegro Vivace, D-Major, Sz. 39, No. 10 03:20
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This is a collection of pieces for classical piano solo, composed by Béla Bartók.Béla Bartók was a Hungarian composer, pianist and music ethnologist. In addition to composing, Bartók spent almost his entire life systematically collecting and recording folk songs
Bartók composed his "10 Easy Pieces" parallel to the first edition of his children's pieces in 1908. There are 11 pieces, but Bartók did not give the first piece (entitled "Dedication" sometimes also translated as "Introduction") a number. Except for No. 1, which introduces a short melody played in unison by both hands in parallel movement, the pieces are by no means "easy". The "Dedication" acts like a kind of sound meditation: it introduces the D major chord (D – F sharp - A) in the first three bars, which is extended in the 4th bar by the major seventh C sharp (the leading note of D major) to the D major-7 four-note sound. This is a pointer to the basic idea behind the following pieces. For everything revolves around the unresolved, broken, which longs for the dissolution and simple harmony. D major ultimately serves as an anchor and target point: the last piece, the “Bear Dance”, dissolves after many harmonic turns and friction right at the end, somewhat pertly and jokingly back into this D major triad.

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released June 29, 2022

Coverart by Manuela Buechler, AI Design, Switzerland

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Robert von Heeren Essenbach, Germany

Robert von Heeren, 1964, studied for eight years (1983-1991) classical music with classical guitar and piano at the Berufsfachschule für Musik in Plattling and the Richard Strauss Konservatorium Munich in Bavaria, Germany. In 1990 he passed the 1st state examination as a state-certified music teacher and as best of his class. ... more

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