(2018) for Grade 2 Concert Band
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Bring Your Grade 2 Ensemble Something Fresh
Four Short Bartók Pieces is a four-piece set arranged for Grade 2 Concert Band by Garrett Hope. Béla Bartók composed the pieces in 1908–1909 and first published them 1908–1911.
These four pieces consist of Hungarian folk melodies and original tunes by Bartók. The modalism and interesting harmonic structures of these Eastern European melodies have an exotic quality to them and will be a welcome addition to your Grade 2 programming.
Each movement can be performed in a minute or less. You can program all four movements as a whole or use individual movements as needed.
The music will stretch your students with:
- Exciting syncopations
- Modal melodies
- Interesting harmonic choices
- Dramatic dynamic changes
About Bartók
Béla Bartók (March 25, 1881–September 26, 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary’s greatest composers. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of comparative musicology, which later became enthnomusicology.
(Read more at Wikipedia)