Performance Practice in the Piano Music of Béla Bartók

Lecture Recital Presented by Elizabeth Crecca

Program

Examples of parlando-rubato                                             Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
3. Poco rubato from Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, BB 79
"Lingering Melody" from Petite Suite, BB 113
"Old Hungarian Melody" from For Children, Volume I, BB 53


Examples of tempo giusto
From Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, BB 79:
     8. Allegretto
     9. Allegretto
     10. L'istesso tempo
     12. Allegretto
     13. Poco più vivo-Allegretto


Eighth notes vs. quarter notes
7. Allegro from Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, BB 79


Phrase structure
6. “Ballad” from Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, BB 79


Selections from Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, BB 83:
     1. Molto moderato
     3. Lento, rubato 
     4. Allegretto scherzando 
     5. Allegro molto 
     7. Sostenuto, rubato 
     8. Allegro