Béla Bartók
Etudes
Op. 18
About Béla Bartók's Etudes
In a letter written nearly two decades after the composition of these studies, Bartók admitted to a friend that "I cannot play the three Etudes. I haven´t played them – ever or anywhere – since 1918." They are contemporary with the pantomime The Miracoulous Mandarin, Op 19. With these two works Bartók entered his most radical, Expressionist phase (1918–22), influenced by Schoenberg. An important technical feature of all three studies is the alternating expansion and contraction of the hands.
| Preview | Title | Key | Year | Level |
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1. Etude: Allegro molto | N/A | 1920 | 8+ |
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2. Etude: Andante sostenuto | N/A | 1920 | 8+ |
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3. Etude: Rubato | N/A | 1920 | 8+ |
Forum posts about the Etudes by Béla Bartók
Bartok etudes by the green piano man
My teacher told me that to the bartok etudes you need very big hands. I want to learn all of them but I only can reach a 10th without much c...
Bartok etudes by pla635
I am wondering if anyone has played these supposedly monstrously difficult pieces. I have read through them and they seem difficult bu...