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Description

For Children is a cycle of short piano pieces composed by Béla Bartók that represent his research into folk-song he did together with Zoltán Kodály. These original Hungarian and Slovakian folk songs preserve authentic rhythms and character with transparent and sometimes deceptively simple accompaniments. The collection was originally started in 1908 and completed in 1909, and comprised 85 pieces which were issued in four volumes. They were written as student works, and progress slightly in difficulty through the cycle. 

I came across these pieces as a teenager looking for easy pieces to play on the piano, and found a volume of a selection of 32 which many years later I realized would work almost without any changes on 2 guitars. In this form they are still modest pieces and make ideal material for the less talented players but also provide an excellent and stimulating suite of pieces for any players looking for recital material. I hope you enjoy them for their innocence and beauty but especially for their beautiful folk melodies and rhythms.

Chris Dumigan December 2015

Movements

For Children: 1. The Little Lane
For Children: 2. Game ( Kitty, Kitty , you’ve got a pretty daughter)
For Children: 3. Lament
For Children: 4. Round Dance In Spring
For Children: 5. The Prisoner
For Children: 6. Game of Forfeits
For Children: 7. A Maiden’s Song – Mourning for a dead soldier
For Children: 8. Sorrow
For Children: 9. Tralalala Tulipan
For Children: 10. Children’s Dance : Clog Dance
For Children: 11. Joke
For Children: 12. Round Dance
For Children: 13. Dance
For Children: 14. Play Song
For Children: 15. The Flute of the Slovak Shepherd
For Children: 16. Love Song
For Children: 17. Old Hungarian Song
For Children: 18. Ballad
For Children: 19. Teasing Song
For Children: 20. Ballad
For Children: 21. The Poor Goose – Thief
For Children: 22. A Game of Touch
For Children: 23. Song of the Glutton
For Children: 24. The Glutton
For Children: 25. Fairy Tale
For Children: 26. Joking Song
For Children: 27. Drinking Song
For Children: 28. Canon
For Children: 29. Dance Song
For Children: 30. Chorale
For Children: 31. Bagpipe
For Children: 32. Farewell

Audio excerpt(s)

Little lane

Lament

Game