Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
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Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion is a groundbreaking 1937 chamber work by Béla Bartók that combines two pianos with an array of percussion instruments to explore bold rhythms, folk-inspired motifs, and innovative sonorities.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chamber music
ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | 27 minutes ⓘ |
| catalogNumber |
BB 115
ⓘ
Sz. 110 ⓘ |
| coComposer | Béla Bartók NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Paul Sacher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Béla Bartók NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decadeComposed | 1930s ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Dr. Paul Sacher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCountry | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1938-01-16 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | sonata ⓘ |
| genre |
20th-century classical music
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chamber music ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
groundbreaking work for percussion in chamber repertoire
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major work of Bartók’s late European period ⓘ |
| influenced | later 20th-century percussion chamber music ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Eastern European folk music
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Hungarian folk music ⓘ |
| key | no fixed key (atonal/modal) ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none (instrumental) ⓘ |
| movement |
Allegro non troppo
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Assai lento – Allegro molto ⓘ Lento, ma non troppo ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
equal partnership between pianos and percussion
ⓘ
expanded role of percussion in chamber music ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfPercussionPlayers | 2 GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberOfPianos | 2 ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premierePerformers |
Béla Bartók
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ditta Pásztory-Bartók NERFINISHED ⓘ Fritz Schiesser NERFINISHED ⓘ Philipp Rühlig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Universal Edition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scoredFor |
percussion ensemble
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two pianos ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
arch-like formal structures
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asymmetrical rhythms ⓘ modal and polymodal harmonies ⓘ percussive piano writing ⓘ |
| uses |
bold rhythms
ⓘ
folk-inspired motifs ⓘ innovative sonorities ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1937 ⓘ |
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