Bartok 44 duos for 2 violins landon duo msr ms1401 49. Volume 2 includes 19 moderately difficult songs and dances of eastern european folk music pieces 2644 each of these duos with the two indicated. At the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. Bela bartok composed his 44 duos 1931 at the request of erich doflein, a german violinist and teacher. The musicianship is of the highest order, but at the same time it is also relaxed and down to earth. About this item bela bartok s 44 duos for two violins represent a revolutionary approach to counterpoint. Instruments are normally dispatched within one working day by secure courier. Universal edition scherzando a major i have read the data protection statement and agree to its validity. Working at duets from a very early stage encourages rhythmic confidence and develops listening skills but, most importantly, it opens the door to the enjoyment of social musicmaking. Print and download in pdf or midi sonata in g minor. We find in his output the magnificent sonata for solo violin, the 2 and 3part choruses for trebles, the progressive volumes of mikrokosmos, and these 44 duos for 2 violins. Sonatine for violin and piano on a folk theme from transylvania.
The orchestra consists of three flutes and piccolo, two oboes and english horn, two clarinets and bass clarinet, three. Hungarian song 1 7 44 duos for two violins, sz 98 7. High quality digital sheet music for two violins and cello, useful collection for weddings. Volume 1 includes 25 moderately difficult songs and dances of eastern european folk music pieces 125 each of these duos with the two indicated exceptions incorporates a peasant melody as the principal theme. A funny little episode which shows bartok s thoroughness occurred during the first evening february 1932 of this visit when he came into the living room with his 44 duos for two violins primarily an educational work, but one full of artistic beauty. He was one of the founders of the field of ethnomusicology, the anthropology or ethnography of music.
He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century. Ruthenian song 11 44 duos for two violins, sz 98 11. Bartok, bela 44 duets, volume 1 nos 125 two violins. Imslp does not assume any sort of legal responsibility or liability for the consequences of downloading files that are not in the public domain in your country. For 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music. Violin duet sheet music book by bela bartok 18811945. Heavily influenced by hungarian folk music, these intermediatelevel duets incorporate bartoks unique approach to harmony. The exuberant violinist arabella steinbacher interprets the treasured first and second violin concertos by historic composer, bartok. The 44 duos are a work that is singular in its scope, form and instrumentation. Pdf digital sheet music to download and print, interactive sheet music for online playing, transposition and printing, midi and mp3 audio files including mp3 music accompaniment tracks to play along.
However, it is in the public domain in canada where imslp is hosted and other countries where the term is lifeplus50 years such as china, japan, korea and many. Scores at the international music score library project imslp. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music. This includes works originally scored for two violins.
While visiting a holiday resort in the summer of 1904, he overheard a young transylvanian nanny singing folk songs to the children in her care. Although i had performed and studied bartoks 44 duos for two violins at. Steinbacher combines intense passion with inspired lyricism. On bartoks violin duets by joseph puglia research catalogue. Features a cello part inspired by the traditional hungarian utogardon percussive cello and the threestring bass typically used in the folk music of central and eastern europe. Typical of bartok, they are based on hungarian folksongs some melancholy and dark, others rustic and boisterous. See also for 2 violins arr, duets, scores featuring the violin, for violin, viola, for flute, violin, for 2 violins, continuo. The work was commissioned by erich doflein, a german.
All our instruments have at least a 1 year warranty, most have 2 years. The result is a series of miniature masterpieces the inner gateway to his string quartets. May 25, 2008 if you are looking for something really difficult, check out the prokofiev sonata for two violins. Twelve trio sonatas for two violins and basso continuo book 1. To hear this played simply beautifully, listen to the recording by perlman and zukerman. The chun sisters group these pieces for maximum flow and contrast, and hold nothing back. Bartok s 44 duos for 2 violins are etudes in musicianship and the integration of folk song into the composers personal idiom. The material of the 44 duos is drawn from a widevirtually exclusively central europeangeographical range. Doflein advocated a form of progressive musical education which would introduce the violin student to the grammar of new music and older music, as well as to ontemporary. Bela viktor janos bartok was a hungarian composer and pianist.
Volume 1 includes 25 moderately difficult songs and dances of eastern european folk music pieces 125 each of these duos with the two indicated exceptions. Bartok composed his 44 violin duos for pedagogical purposes, yet their vibrant folkloric character, rhythmic inventiveness, and effortless canonic writing contains much musical substance. With only a few exceptions, most of the pieces have been transposed down by a fifth interval, so that all open strings would correspond to those of the original instruments. At a recital, naturally, this order should not be maintained. Like the choruses and the mikrokosmos, the 44 duos have a pedagogical function. The for children set for piano and the 44 duos for violin still have much in common. The composer was the soloist at the premiere on january 23, 1933, in frankfurt am main. Sort this list by work type, instrumentation, composer, and more. September 26, 1945 was a hungarian composer, pianist and collector of eastern european and middle eastern folk music.
The recording at ecms familiar kloster st gerold in the austrian vorarlberg is transparent, vivacious. The list below includes all pages in the category for 2 violins. Cello duet sheet music book by bela bartok 18811945. All but two of the themes are traditional culled from the peasant tunes bartok had gathered in his fieldwork. Violin violin ensemble classical sheet music digital download. This album contains selected pieces from bela bartoks 44 duos for two violins that are considered suitable to be arranged for violas. For example 602 m128 means that this performer offers a mp3 file of 128kbps that takes 6 minutes and two.
Slovakian song 2 9 44 duos for two violins, sz 98 9. Like bartoks mikrokosmos for piano, the 44 duos for violins are teaching pieces that progressively grow more sophisticated and difficult. Wedding sheet music for two violins and cello pdfinteractive. Mdt amazonuk amazonus bela bartok 18811945 complete works for violin vol. The individual parts are not difficult, but fitting them together can be because of the unique rhythmic patterns. Sonata in e minor for violin and piano 1903 sonata no. Bela bartok 44 duos for 2 violins, volumes 14, bb104. Advent chamber orchestra with jacques israelievitch and roxana pavel goldstein violins permission reusing this file the license information states that this file is available for free download subject to the eff oal open audio license, which in turn is interchangeable with the ccbysa2. In 1930, doflein had asked bartok for permission to arrange some of the pieces from the composers piano collection for children for violin duo, intending to use them as graded pieces for young violinists. The story of a friendship, by claude kenneson, szekely relates on page 9.
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