Editor: László Vikárius, Vera Lampert Urtext Edition, paperbound No distribution rights for France, Spain and USA. Joint publishing venture with Editio Musica Budapest.
Pages: 59 (VII, 52), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm Order no. HN 1226 · ISMN 979-0-2018-1226-7
Long before his famous "Mikrokosmos", Bartók composed a comprehensive collection of little piano pieces, entitled "For Children". Written in 1908–1911, its two volumes are based on Hungarian (volume I) and Slovakian (volume II) folk tunes respectively. Both are organised in ascending difficulty, from simple two-part pieces to Impressionistic miniatures, and they offer everything that children’s hands can manage. Bartók revised this collection in the 1940s. He did not just make musical improvements, but also gave every movement a title. This revised version forms the main text of our Urtext edition, while an appendix offers movements from the early version that diverge significantly from the revised ones. As always in Henle’s Bartók editions, there are indications regarding performance practice and insights into how the composer himself played these pieces.
Content
For Children
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4 Wedding Song
No. 5 Variations
No. 6 Round Dance I
No. 7 Sorrow
No. 8 Dance
No. 9 Round Dance II
No. 10 Funeral Song
No. 11
No. 12
No. 13
No. 14
No. 15 Bagpipe I
No. 16 Lament
No. 17
No. 18 Teasing Song
No. 19 Romance
No. 20 Game of Tag
No. 21 Pleasantry I
No. 22 Revelry
No. 23
No. 24
No. 25 Scherzando
No. 26 Peasant's Flute
No. 27 Pleasantry II
No. 28
No. 29 Canon
No. 30 Bagpipe II
No. 31 The Highway Robber
No. 32
No. 33
No. 34 Farewell
No. 35 Ballad
No. 36–37 Rhapsody
No. 38 Dirge
No. 39 Mourning Song
Appendix
Pieces in the early version not included in the revised version