Béla Bartók

Bartok Sonatina Pa Béla Bartók

Bela Bartok's Sonatina for piano consists of five different folk tunes. In a radio broadcast of the Sonatina in 1944, Bartók described the piece: ""This sonatina was originally conceived as a group of Rumanian folk dances for piano The first movement, which is called ""Bagpipers"", is a dance these are two dances played by two bagpipe players, the first by one and the second by another. The second movement is called ""Bear Dance"" this was played for me by a peasant violinist on the G and D string, on the lower strings in order to have it more similar to a bears voice And the last movement contains also two folk melodies played by peasant violin players."" Includes: I. Dudások (Bagpipes) Allegretto
* II. Medvetánc (Bear Dance) Moderato
* III. Finale. Allegro vivace.