| Uniform title | Bartók kalauz. English |
| Contents |
Preface -- Kossuth: symphonic poem -- Rhapsody for piano and orchestra (opus 1) -- Scherzo (opus 2) -- Suite no. 1 (opus 3) -- Suite no. 2 (opus 4) -- Violin Concerto (op. posthum.) and Two Portraits (opus 5) -- String Quartet no. 1 (opus 7) -- Hungarian Pictures -- Two Pictures for orchestra (opus 10) -- Bluebeard's Castle (opus 11) -- Four Pieces for orchestra (opus 12) -- Transylvanian Dances -- Rumanian Folk Dances -- Hungarian Peasant Songs -- The Wooden Prince (opus 13) -- String Quartet no. 2 (opus 17) -- The Miraculous Mandarin (opus 19) -- Sonata no. 1 and Sonata no. 2 for violin and piano -- Dance Suite for orchestra -- Three Village Scenes -- String Quartet no. 3 -- Rhapsody no. 1 and Rhapsody no. 2: folk dances for violin and orchestra -- String Quartet no. 4 -- Cantata Profana -- Piano Concerto no. 2 -- String Quartet no. 5 -- Music for String Instruments, Percussion and Celesta -- Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion -- Contrasts -- Violin Concerto -- Divertimento -- String Quartet no. 6 -- Concerto for Orchestra -- Sonata for Solo Violin -- Piano Concerto no. 3. |
| Abstract |
Both the author and the publisher of this guide have intended it for concert-going audiences, to serve as a primer for Bartók's orchestral, stage and chamber music compositions. The majority of these works have already become repertoire pieces in concert life. They are frequently heard on the radio, and some of their characteristic melodic phrases, tone colours and rhythms have consciously or unconsciously become part of the musical experience of unprejudiced music-lovers. Bartók's musical legacy, however, also includes a less familiar, less frequently performed and less easily approached territory. These works, like high mountain peaks, are only to be reached by a long and sometimes steep path. |
| General note | Each chapter of the works discussed includes information about the date(s) of composition and revision, first performance, instrumentation, duration, and publisher(s). |
| Language | Original title: Bartók kalauz, Zenemukiadó, Budapest, 1971. |
| LCCN | 74159869 |
