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The Suite, Op. 14, Sz. 62, BB 70 is a piece for solo piano written by Béla Bartók. It was written in February 1916, published in 1918, and debuted by the composer on April 21, 1919, in Budapest. The Suite is one of Bartók's most significant works for piano, only comparable with his 1926 Piano Sonata. Though much of Bartók's work makes frequent use of Eastern European folk music, this suite is one of the few pieces without melodies of folk origin.〔 However, Romanian, Arabic, and North African rhythmic influences can still be found in some movements.〔〔 Originally intending the suite to be a five-movement work, Bartók later decided against the idea and discarded the second movement, the ''Andante'', later publishing it in the October 1955 issue of ''Új Zenei Szemle'' (New Musical Review).〔〔 The 1918 version, without the ''Andante,'' takes between 8 and 9 minutes to perform and is played in four movements:〔 #''Allegretto'' (duration specified by Bartók: ca. 2´) #''Scherzo'' (ca. 1´50´´) #''Allegro molto'' (ca. 2´5´´) #''Sostenuto'' (ca. 2´35´´) ==Analysis== According to Bartók, the Suite is part of a new trend in piano technique that he saw as a break from his earlier Post-romantic writing.〔 In 1945, he claimed to have used only the most restricted means of piano technique in this work, "accentuating in some of its movements the percussive character of the piano."〔 Though Bartók does not quote from folk melodies in this composition, he makes extensive use of other folk-like elements, such as a Romanian ''Ardeleanda'' rhythm in the first movement.〔 In addition, the third movement of this Suite shows Arabic influence, the earliest Bartók work of its kind, and a North African influence in its ''ostinato'' and scalar patterns.〔〔 Throughout the piece, he uses exotic scale patterns, such as the Lydian and whole tone scales in the first movement;〔〔 in addition, there is a twelve-tone row in the second movement, which is probably the only one in Bartók's entire oeuvre.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Suite, Op. 14 (Bartók)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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