Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20, Sz. 74
by Bela Bartok
Eight short character pieces composed in 1920, each based on a Hungarian folk melody treated as a springboard for free harmonic and textural elaboration. Dedicated to the memory of Debussy — the most \"Impressionist\" of Bartók's piano collections. Op. 20 No. 8 was the last piano piece Bartók heard performed in his lifetime.
Works in this Collection (8)
- Improvisation on a Hungarian Peasant Song No. 1, Op. 20, Sz. 74 No. 1 Difficulty
- Improvisation on a Hungarian Peasant Song No. 2, Op. 20, Sz. 74 No. 2 Difficulty
- Improvisation on a Hungarian Peasant Song No. 3, Op. 20, Sz. 74 No. 3 Difficulty
- Improvisation on a Hungarian Peasant Song No. 4, Op. 20, Sz. 74 No. 4 Difficulty
- Improvisation on a Hungarian Peasant Song No. 5, Op. 20, Sz. 74 No. 5 Difficulty
- Improvisation on a Hungarian Peasant Song No. 6, Op. 20, Sz. 74 No. 6 Difficulty
- Improvisation on a Hungarian Peasant Song No. 7, Op. 20, Sz. 74 No. 7 Difficulty
- Improvisation on a Hungarian Peasant Song No. 8, Op. 20, Sz. 74 No. 8 Difficulty