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Mikrokosmos (Bartók) - Quiz
  • 1. How many progressive piano pieces are in Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos?
A) 100
B) 153
C) 150
D) 140
  • 2. In what year were the pieces of Mikrokosmos finally published?
A) 1926
B) 1939
C) 1942
D) 1940
  • 3. To whom were the first two volumes of Mikrokosmos dedicated?
A) Harriet Cohen
B) Tibor Serly
C) His son Péter
D) His wife Ditta Pásztory-Bartók
  • 4. What is the meaning of the Greek term 'mikros kosmos'?
A) Modern piano
B) Progressive study
C) Musical synthesis
D) Little world
  • 5. Who suggested the subtitle 'Progressive Piano Pieces in Modern Idiom'?
A) Tibor Serly
B) Harriet Cohen
C) Ernst Roth
D) Béla Bartók
  • 6. Who transcribed six of the pieces for piano and string orchestra?
A) Tibor Serly
B) Ernst Roth
C) Béla Bartók
D) Huguette Dreyfus
  • 7. What kind of rhythm is characteristic of the 'Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm'?
A) Additive rhythm
B) Simple 4/4 rhythm
C) Syncopated rhythm
D) Polyrhythm
  • 8. To which pianist were the 'Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm' dedicated?
A) Huguette Dreyfus
B) Ditta Pásztory-Bartók
C) Harriet Cohen
D) György Sándor
  • 9. In which volume does the piece 'Boating' appear?
A) Volume III
B) Volume VI
C) Volume V
D) Volume I
  • 10. Who was the first person to publicly perform pieces from Mikrokosmos?
A) Béla Bartók
B) György Sándor
C) Tibor Serly
D) Huguette Dreyfus
  • 11. What instrument did Huguette Dreyfus use to record selected pieces in 1969?
A) String orchestra
B) Harpsichord
C) Piano
D) Organ
  • 12. Which volumes are intended as professionally performable concert pieces?
A) Three and four
B) One and two
C) One and six
D) Five and six
  • 13. What extended technique is utilized in piece 102?
A) Tapping
B) Holding down keys silently
C) Stomping
D) Singing
  • 14. When did the first performance of Tibor Serly's arrangements take place?
A) 1937
B) 1969
C) 1942
D) 1940
  • 15. According to Bartók, what does Mikrokosmos represent regarding his previous works?
A) A collection of unrelated folk songs
B) A simplification of his complex concertos
C) A synthesis of musical and technical problems
D) A rejection of earlier modernist techniques
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