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Béla Bartók

For Children, Sz. 42, BB 53

Sz. 42

For Children (Hungarian: Gyermekeknek) is a set of short piano pieces composed by Béla Bartók in 1908 and 1909; 85 pieces were originally issued in four volumes. Each piece is based on a folk tune: Hungarian in the first two volumes (42 pieces), Slovak in the last two (43 pieces). In 1945, Bartók revised the set, removing six pieces that were inaccurately transcribed or had been found not to be original folk tunes, and substantially changing the harmonization of a number of others; the collection, now of 79 pieces, was reissued in two volumes (of 40 and 39 pieces).

The pieces were written for students to play, and progress slightly in difficulty through each half of the collection. In modern times, some concert pianists (notably Zoltán Kocsis) had begun including some of them on their recital programs, citing their musical value even apart from their pedagogical origins.

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Movements

  1. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 1. Children at Play. Allegro
  2. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 2. Children's Song. Andante
  3. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 3. Quasi Adagio
  4. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 4. Pillow Dance. Adagio
  5. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 5. Play. Allegretto - Piu Mosso - Tempo I
  6. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 6. Study for the Left Hand. Allegro
  7. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 7. Play Song. Andante grazioso
  8. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 8. Children's Game. Allegretto
  9. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 9. Song. Adagio
  10. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 10. Children's Dance. Allegro molto
  11. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 11. Lento
  12. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 12. Allegro
  13. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 13. Ballad. Andante
  14. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 14. Allegretto
  15. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 15. Allegro moderato
  16. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 16. Old Hungarian Tune. Andante rubato
  17. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 17. Round Dance. Lento
  18. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 18. Soldier's Song. Andante non troppo
  19. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 19. Allegretto
  20. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 20. Drinking Song. Allegro
  21. Book 1: For Children, Book 1: No. 21. Allegro robusto
  22. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 22. Allegretto
  23. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 23. Dance Song. Allegro giocoso
  24. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 24. Andante sostenuto
  25. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 25. Parlando
  26. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 26. Moderato
  27. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 27. Jest. Allegramente
  28. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 28. Chorale. Andante
  29. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 29. Pentatonic Tune. Allegro scherzando
  30. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 30. Jeering Song. Allegro ironico
  31. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 31. Andante tranquillo
  32. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 32. Andante
  33. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 33. Allegro non troppo
  34. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 34. Allegretto
  35. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 35. Con Moto
  36. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 36. Drunkard's Song. Vivace
  37. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 37. Swineherd's Song. Allegro
  38. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 38. Winter Solstice Song. Molto vivace
  39. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 39. Allegro moderato
  40. Book 2: For Children, Book 2: No. 40. Swineherd's Dance. Allegro vivace
  41. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 1. Allegro
  42. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 2. Andante
  43. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 3. Allegretto
  44. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 4. Wedding Song. Andante
  45. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 5. Variation. Molto andante
  46. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 6. Round Dance I. Allegro
  47. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 7. Sorrow. Andante
  48. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 8. Dance. Allegro non troppo
  49. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 9. Round Dance II. Andante
  50. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 10. Funeral Song. Largo
  51. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 11. Lento
  52. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 12. Andante rubato
  53. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 13. Allegro
  54. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 14. Moderato
  55. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 15. Bagpipe I. Molto tranquillo
  56. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 16. Lament. Lento
  57. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 17. Andante
  58. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 18. Teasing Song. Sostenuto
  59. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 19. Romance. Assai lento
  60. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 20. Game of Tag. Presto
  61. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 21. Pleasantry. Allegro moderato
  62. Book 3: For Children, Book 3: No. 22. Revelry. Molto allegro
  63. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 23. Andante tranquillo
  64. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 24. Andante
  65. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 25. Scherzando. Allegretto
  66. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 26. Peasant's Flute. Andante molto rubato
  67. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 27. Pleasantry II. Allegro
  68. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 28. Andante, Molto rubato
  69. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 29. Canon. Allegro non troppo
  70. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 30. Bagpipe II. Vivace
  71. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 31. The Highway Robber. Allegro
  72. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 32. Pesante
  73. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 33. Andante tranquillo
  74. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 34. Farewell. Adagio
  75. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 35. Ballad. Moderato
  76. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 36-37. Rhapsody. Parlando, molto rubato - Allegro moderato
  77. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 38. Dirge. Lento
  78. Book 4: For Children, Book 4: No. 39. Mourning Song. Lento

Elsewhere

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