Trios Burlesques Op. 8c, Bela Bartok. Piano

DREI BURLESKEN OP. 8-C FÜR KLAVIER
BELA BARTOK

DESCRIPTION
'Two pieces of scherzo character in triple time flank a slower movement in duple time. The first burlesque entitled 'Quarrel' is Márta's piece, Nov. 1908, is a dispute between two opposing characters, with grimaces and taunts.
The second burlesque, with the subtitle 'Slightly Tipsy' or 'A bit drunk' is one of Bartók's ingenious programme music miniatures, with characteristic performance indications. The figure appearing in a stumbling rhythm begins to sing indifferently, then continues ruvido (coarsely). By the end of the middle section, to be played in dry tone, our hero collapses completely, and takes leave as a pitiful figure, like the wooden puppet after the dance in The Wooden Prince ballet. ...
Finally, the titleless third burlesque, Molto vivo, capriccioso, also stimulates the imagination: one can detect in it the grotesque rush of the last bagatelle, 'My Dancing Sweetheart,' just like the Wooden Prince dance.

(HCD 32525 Bartók New Series Vol. 25, László Somfai)

SPECIFICATIONS
Composer Béla Bartók
Instrument Group Piano or Keyboard
Instrumentation Piano
Product Type Book [Softcover]
Publisher Editio Musica Budapest
Period Description Post 1901
No. Pages 24
ISMN 9790080017630
Edition Number 1763
No. EMBZ1763