For Children

Album by Béla Bartók & Zoltán Kocsis

For Children is a collection of pedagogical piano pieces by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, published in 1908–1909. The pieces present simplified arrangements of Central European folk melodies in a tonal and modal language with progressive pedagogical difficulty, reflecting Bartók's ethnomusicological research and signalling the early incorporation of folk materials into his compositional development.

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book I, I. Allegro (Children at Play) / II. Andante (Children's Song) / III. Quasi adagio
    2:21
  2. 2.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book I, IV. Allegro (Pillow Dance) / V. Allegretto (Play) / VI. Allegro (Study for the Left Hand)
    3:00
  3. 3.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book I, VII. Andante gracioso (Play Song) / VIII. Allegretto (Children's Game)
    2:12
  4. 4.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book I, IX. Adagio (Song) / X. Allegro molto (Children's Dance) / XI. Lento / XII. Allegro
    4:17
  5. 5.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book I, XIII. Andante (Ballad) / XIV. Allegretto / XV. Allegro moderato
    1:55
  6. 6.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book I, XVI. Andante rubato (Old Hungarian Tune) / XVII. Lento (Round Dance)
    1:44
  7. 7.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book I, XVIII. Andante non troppo (Soldier's Song) / XIX. Allegretto / XX. Allegro (Drinking Song) / XXI. Allegro robusto
    2:58
  8. 8.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book II, XXII. Allegretto / XXIII. Allegro grazioso (Dance Song) / XXIV. Andante sostenuto / XXV. Parlando
    3:15
  9. 9.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book II, XVI. Moderato / XXVII. Allegramente (Jest) / XXVIII. Andante (Choral) / XXIX. Allegro scherzando (Pentatonic Tune)
    3:49
  10. 10.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book II, XXX. Allegro ironico (Jeering Song) / XXXI. Andante tranquillo / XXXII. Andante / XXXIII. Allegro non troppo
    4:20
  11. 11.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book II, XXXIV. Allegretto / XXXV. Con moto / XXXVI. Vivace (Drunkard's Song) / XXXVII. Allegro (Swineherd's Song)
    2:03
  12. 12.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book II, XXXVIII. Molto vivace (Winter Solstice Song) / XXXIX. Allegro moderato
    3:03
  13. 13.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book II, XXXX. Allegro vivace (Swineherd's Dance)
    1:42
  14. 14.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book III, I. Allegro / II. Andante / III. Allegretto / IV. Andante (Wedding Song)
    2:11
  15. 15.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book III, V. Molto andante (Variations) / VI. Allegro (Round Dance I) / VII. Andante (Sorrow) / VIII. Allegro non troppo (Dance)
    4:35
  16. 16.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book III, IX. Andante (Round Dance II) / X. Largo (Funeral Song)
    2:01
  17. 17.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book III, XI. Lento / XII. Andante rubato / XIII. Allegro
    2:19
  18. 18.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book III, XIV. Moderato / XV. Molto tranquillo (Bagpipe I) / XVI. Lento (Lament) / XVII. Andante / XVIII. Sostenuto (Teasing Song)
    3:46
  19. 19.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book III, XIX. Assai lento (Romance) / XX. Presto (Game of Tag)
    1:53
  20. 20.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book III, XXI. Allegro moderato (Pleasantry) / XXII. Molto allegro (Revelry)
    1:51
  21. 21.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book IV, XXIII. Andante tranquillo / XXIV. Andante / XXV. Allegro (Scherzando)
    2:22
  22. 22.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book IV, XXVI. Andante molto rubato (Peasant's Flute) / XXVII. Allegro (Pleasantry II)
    2:02
  23. 23.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book IV, XXVIII. Andante molto rubato / XXIX. Allegro non troppo (Canon) / XXX. Vivace (Bagpipe II)
    2:54
  24. 24.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book IV, XXXI. Allegro (The Highway Robber) / XXXII. Pesante / XXXIII. Andante tranquillo
    2:26
  25. 25.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book IV, XXXIV. Adagio (Farewell) / XXXV. Moderato (Ballad)
    3:09
  26. 26.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book IV, XXXVI & XXXVII. Parlando, molto rubato, allegro moderato (Rhapsody)
    2:50
  27. 27.
    For Children, BB 53, Sz. 42: Book IV, XXXVIII. Lento (Dirge) / XXXIX. Lento (Mourning Song)
    3:41

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