Béla Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances

About Béla Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances

1915 was a Romanian year for Bartók, with piano settings of Romanian Christmas Songs, the Sonatina for piano later transcribed for orchestra as Transylvanian Dances, and the Román nepi táncok (Romanian Folk Dances). These six miniatures are fairly straightforward renderings of folk tunes collected by Bartók himself. Romanians were treated as second-class citizens in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but the richness of their folk traditions was held in high regard by in Bartók.

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Preview TitleKey Year Level
1. Stick Game in A Minor by Bartók piano sheet music AAB 1. Stick Game 30 A Minor 1915 5
2. Peasant Costume in D Minor by Bartók piano sheet music AAC 2. Peasant Costume 8 D Minor 1915 2
3. Standing Still in B Minor by Bartók piano sheet music AAD 3. Standing Still 36 B Minor 1915 5
4. Song of the Mountain Horn in A Minor by Bartók piano sheet music AAE 4. Song of the Mountain Horn 30 A Minor 1915 4
5. A Garden Gate in Romania in D Major by Bartók piano sheet music AAF 5. A Garden Gate in Romania 7 D Major 1915 5
6. Little One in D Major by Bartók piano sheet music AAG 6. Little One 7 D Major 1915 6

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Small hands big chords by the green piano man
Hello, I have some problem nowadays with the bartok's dance suite. In the first movement there are a lots of big chords, I barely or can...