BARTOK Josh-COLLECTIFLivre Rare Book
BARTOK, Bela 1881-1945Biblio.com
14 Bagatellen für das Pianoforte Op. 6. BB50. Solo piano
190840603Budapest: Karl Rozsnyai PN R.K. 338 1908. Folio. Unbound as issued. Laid into original publisher's mid-green wrappers with decorative element and titling in silver. 1f. recto title verso blank 3-39 i incipits of the 14 bagatelles.<br /> <br /> Wrappers worn; spine slightly chipped with minor loss and remnants of old tape. Very slightly worn and browned internally. First Edition. Somfai BB 50 p. 304. Szabolcsi Sz 38 p. 327. <br /> <br /> "By the time the Fourteen Bagatelles Opus 6 were written Bartok's expressive vocabulary was beginning to assume its definitive shape. Years later he marked the beginning of his personal style by those pieces. . The Bagatelles demonstrate many of the devices which later became an integral party of his technique." Stevens: The Life and Music of Béla Bartók p. 328. Karl Rozsnyai [PN R.K. 338] unknown
