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44 Duos for Two Violins

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Béla Bartók did not intend this work to be played in performances, but rather to be useful as a work for young students. The work was commissioned by Erich Doflein, a German violinist and teacher, who asked Bartók if he would arrange some of the pieces from the
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This work is divided in four books, and the series of pieces advances in difficulty. The first and the second book should suit a student with a basic level, while the third book would be for an intermediate level, and the fourth book for an advanced level.
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is introduced. This work is specially well known for its rhythm, its dissonances, its canons and inversions, and its variety in using the whole gamut of the violin.
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Dissonant harmonies are present throughout the whole piece, but it is not until the eleventh piece that
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series. He composed other works in this period that were meant to be pedagogical, such as
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countries, but harmonic and rhythmic freedom is evident throughout the whole piece.
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In 1936, Bartók arranged 6 of these duos for piano, under the title
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Hungarian
Béla Bartók
For Children
Mikrokosmos
Eastern Europe
Petite Suite
polytonality
"Information about the work hosted at allmusic.com"
"Booklet from 8.550868 in the Naxos Records catalogue"
44 Duos for Two Violins
International Music Score Library Project
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Béla Bartók
List of compositions
Bluebeard's Castle
The Miraculous Mandarin
The Wooden Prince
Piano Concerto No. 1
Piano Concerto No. 2
Piano Concerto No. 3
Viola Concerto
Violin Concerto No. 1
Violin Concerto No. 2
Rhapsody No. 1
Rhapsody No. 2
Concerto for Orchestra
Dance Suite
Divertimento for String Orchestra

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