14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38
by Bela Bartok
Fourteen short character pieces composed in 1908, marking a decisive break with Romantic conventions. Debussy praised them as \"extraordinary.\" They explore modality, bitonality, folk scales, and asymmetric rhythm — a roadmap for Bartók's mature language compressed into one set.
Works in this Collection (14)
- Bagatelle No. 1, Op. 6, Sz. 38 No. 1 Difficulty
- Bagatelle No. 2, Op. 6, Sz. 38 No. 2 Difficulty
- Bagatelle No. 3, Op. 6, Sz. 38 No. 3 Difficulty
- Bagatelle No. 4, Op. 6, Sz. 38 No. 4 Difficulty
- Bagatelle No. 5, Op. 6, Sz. 38 No. 5 Difficulty
- Bagatelle No. 6, Op. 6, Sz. 38 No. 6 Difficulty
- Bagatelle No. 7, Op. 6, Sz. 38 No. 7 Difficulty
- Bagatelle No. 8, Op. 6, Sz. 38 No. 8 Difficulty
- Bagatelle No. 9, Op. 6, Sz. 38 No. 9 Difficulty
- Bagatelle No. 10, Op. 6, Sz. 38 No. 10 Difficulty
- Bagatelle No. 11, Op. 6, Sz. 38 No. 11 Difficulty
- Bagatelle No. 12, Op. 6, Sz. 38 No. 12 Difficulty
- Bagatelle No. 13, Op. 6, Sz. 38 No. 13 Difficulty
- Bagatelle No. 14, Op. 6, Sz. 38 No. 14 Difficulty