Autograph Musical Quotation of Schumann s Album für die Jugend, Signed and Inscribed by Béla Bartók

Bartók, Béla

Published by Budapest, 1904

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Handwritten note in ink, signed in Budapest: 26 January 1904. Text reads "Szíves emlékül" ("As a pleasant memory"). Ca. 18.5 × 11.5 mm. A signed, autograph score detail from Schumann s Album für die Jugend Op. 68 No.12 Knecht Ruprecht by Béla Bartók. Around 1903 1904, Bartók gave numerous concerts, sometimes at 3 4 different venues and countries per week, where he often played Schumann s compositions. Schumann s work had a big influence on him in other ways as well: according to Suchoff, Bartók found Schumann s Album für die Jugend one of the few good material available for beginners. "From 1908 to 1909 he [Bartók] worked on a collection of eighty-five piano pieces, titled For Children, which were based on Hungarian and Slovakian folk music. In his lecture notes, Bartók explains his purpose in composing this work: Already at the very beginning of my carrier as a composer I had the idea to write some easy works for piano students. This idea originated in my experience as a piano teacher; I had always the feeling that the available material, especially for beginners, has no real musical value, with the exception of very few works for instance, Bach s easiest pieces, and Schumann s Jugendalbum." (Suchoff, 2004). Literature: Suchoff, B. (2004): Bartók s Mikrokosmos: Genesis, Pedagogy, and Style, p. 13. Rowman & Littlefield. . Folded once. In fine condition. Handwritten note in ink, signed in Budapest: 26 January 1904. Text reads "Szíves emlékül" ("As a pleasant memory").

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Autograph Musical Quotation of Schumann s Album für die Jugend, Signed and Inscribed by Béla Bartók
• Publisher: Budapest
• Publication Date: 1904
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Autographs & Manuscripts
  • Music
  • Presentation copy