Informationen zu "Béla Bartók Arr: David Heyes 15 Duos Double Bass Duet"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM519
EAN: 9790570455195
ISMN: M-57045-519-5
Beschreibung
Bartok's 44 Duos for Two Violins were composed in 1931 at the request of the
German violinist and teacher Erich Doflein, to provide young musicians with
structured technical studies, and to introduce them to folk music. The
melodies originate in countries of the Slovak region, and two feature a
melody composed by Bartók himself. They are rife with bi-tonal passages,
poly-rhythms and many brash dissonances. The 44 Duos are divided in four
books, where the pieces advance in difficulty. David Heyes has selected 15
from books 1 and 2 which lend themselves easily to being transcribed for
double basses. Each one has its own character and style, none lasting more
than a minute, offering musical and technical challenges in equal measure.
They continue to have both a didactic and performance element and would
easily fit into any student recital or concert demonstrating the versatility
of the double bass. The duos could easily be played by violin or viola and
double bass, and any number of pieces can be played and in any order. The
possibilities are endless. Béla Bartók was born in the Hungarian town of
Nagyszentmiklós (now Sînnicolau Mare in Romania) on 25 March 1881. After his
family moved to Pressburg (now Bratislava in Slovakia) in 1894, he studied
with László Erkel and became a student at the Royal Academy of Music in
Budapest, graduating in 1903. Bartók's earliest works combine late
Romanticism with nationalist elements and in the early years of the
20th-century he and fellow-composer Zoltán Kodály directed their attention to
Hungarian folk music and Bartók's musical language changed dramatically.
Bartók was a passionate ethnomusicologist, and collected songs
fromTransylvanian, Romanian, North African and others. In the 1920s and '30s
Bartók's fame spread, and he toured widely, both as pianist and as a
respected composer. With the outbreak of the Second World War, and despite
his deep attachment to his homeland, life in Hungary became intolerable and
Bartók and his wife emigrated to the United States. He obtained a post at
Columbia University and was able to pursue his folk-music studies, but his
concert engagements became rarer, and he received few commissions.
Koussevitzky's request for a Concerto for Orchestra in 1943 was particularly
important, bringing him much-needed income, and creating a nice link to the
double bass world. Bartók died on 26 September 1945.
