Bartk's Mikrokosmos: Genesis, Pedagogy, and Style

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Bela Bartek'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.

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Dr. Suchoff has given us the tools with which to fashion an approach to the teaching and performance of the Mikrokosmos. Written in a most accessible style, the result is a source book destined to accompany the Mikrokosmos into the future as part of our musical heritage.... -- Walter Ehret, NYSSMA News
As it appears to me, it deals of a very good work and I shall not fail to recommend it to those who ask for information on Mikrokosmos..... -- Denijs Dille
This book is excellent, especially so because of its comprehensiveness. An invaluable text for every student and teacher of piano..... -- John P. Paul
Among the more notable literary contributions is Benjamin Suchoff's extensive monograph, Mikrokosmos, written with meticulous care and a vast knowledge..... -- John Weissmann

Author Bio

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.