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