Piano Concerto No. 2
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Piano Concerto No. 2 is a virtuosic and rhythmically complex 20th-century piano concerto by Béla Bartók, renowned for its percussive piano writing and innovative orchestration.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Piano Concerto No. 2 canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
orchestral work
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piano concerto ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bartók Piano Concerto No. 2
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber |
BB 101
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Sz. 95 ⓘ |
| composer | Béla Bartók NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Ditta Pásztory-Bartók NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| difficulty | very high technical difficulty for soloist ⓘ |
| followedBy | Piano Concerto No. 3 (Bartók) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
20th-century classical music
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classical music ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baroque contrapuntal techniques
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Eastern European folk music ⓘ |
| key | G major (overall tonal center) ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle |
English
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Hungarian ⓘ |
| movement |
I. Allegro
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II. Adagio – Presto – Adagio ⓘ III. Allegro molto ⓘ |
| notableAspect |
complex rhythmic layering between soloist and orchestra
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concertante treatment of piano as percussion instrument ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
innovative orchestration
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percussive piano writing ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 3 ⓘ |
| orchestration |
large orchestra
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prominent brass ⓘ prominent percussion ⓘ |
| period | 20th century ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Budapest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInComposerOutput | second of three piano concertos by Béla Bartók ⓘ |
| precededBy | Piano Concerto No. 1 (Bartók) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Otto Klemperer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 23 January 1933 ⓘ |
| premiereEnsemble | Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Budapest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premierePerformer | Béla Bartók (piano) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Universal Edition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | three-movement concerto ⓘ |
| style |
modernist
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rhythmically complex ⓘ virtuosic ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | approximately 30 minutes ⓘ |
| uses |
bitonality
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contrapuntal textures ⓘ folk-influenced motifs ⓘ polyrhythms ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1931 ⓘ |
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