Three Burlesques Op. 8c
Piano Solo
by Bela Bartok
Piano Solo - Sheet Music

Piano

SKU: HL.50511452

Piano Solo. Composed by Bela Bartok. EMB. Classical. Book Only. 21 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #Z1763. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (HL.50511452).

UPC: 196288056041. 9.0x12.0x0.126 inches.

'Two pieces of scherzo character in triple time flank a slower movement in duple time. The first burlesque entitled 'Quarrel' is Marta's piece, Nov. 1908, is a dispute between two opposing characters, with grimaces and taunts. The second burlesque, with the subtitle 'Slightly Tipsy' or 'A bit drunk' is one of Bartok's ingenious programme music miniatures, with characteristic performance indications. The figure appearing in a stumbling rhythm begins to sing indifferently, then continues ruvido (coarsely). By the end of the middle section, to be played in dry tone, our hero collapses completely, and takes leave as a pitiful figure, like the wooden puppet after the dance in The WoodenPrince ballet. ...Finally, the titleless third burlesque, Molto vivo, capriccioso, also stimulates the imagination: one can detect in it the grotesque rush of the last bagatelle, 'My Dancing Sweetheart,' just like the Wooden Prince dance.
(HCD 32525 Bartok New Series Vol. 25, Laszlo Somfai).