BARTÓK, Béla 1881-1945

14 Bagatellen für das Pianoforte Op. 6. [BB50]. [Solo piano]

Budapest: 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).

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.

"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.

Item #40603

Price: $250.00  other currencies