Four Pieces for Band

Béla Bartók

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General Info

Year: 1912? / 1961
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Sam Fox
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

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Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

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Media

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State Ratings

Tennessee: III
West Virginia: III

Performances

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Maybrook (N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Kevin Scott, conductor) – 20 May 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

For Children (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kurokawa) (1909/1945/2014)
Romanian Folk Dances (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Nakamura) (1915/2017)

All Wind Works

Allegro Barbaro (arr. Roman) (1911)
Allegro Barbaro (arr. Wallace) (1911/1995)
Bartok Folk Rhapsody (arr. McGinty) (/2004)
Bartok: Folk Trilogy (arr. McGinty) (1992)
Bartok for Band (arr. Schaeffer) (/1981)
Bartok for Children, three pieces (arr. Finlayson) (1909/1966)
Bartok Sketches
A Bartok Suite (arr. Clark) (1909/1997)
Bear Dance (arr. Leidzén) (1909/1931/1955)
Changing Time (arr. Schaeffer) (1909/1984)
Children's Album (arr. Gordon) (1909/1957)
Country Dance (arr. Henderson, Stoutamire) (1976)
Dance Suite (arr. Suzuki) (1923/2000)
Dance Suite (arr. Vandenberghe) (1923/)
Divertimento (arr. Abe) (1939/2015-2017)
Evening in the Country (arr. Suchoff) (1908/1931/1970)
Evening in the Village (arr. Leidzén) (1908/1931/1955)
Folk Song and Dance (arr. McGinty) (1988)
Folk Song Suite (tr. Erickson) 1909/1968)
Folk Trilogy (arr. McGinty) (1992)
For Children (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kurokawa) (1909/1945/2-14)
Four Pieces for Band (arr. Suchoff) (1961)
Four Sketches (arr. Schaefer) (1908/1963)
Hungarian Folk Song (arr. Castle) (1975)
Hungarian Folk Suite (arr. Gordon) (1967)
In a Quiet Mood (arr. Applebaum) (1909/1972)
Jocùri Poporale Romanesti (arr. Goto) (1999)
Little Suite (arr. Lijnschooten)
Maypole Dance
The Miraculous Mandarin (arr. Morita) (1918-1924/2017)
Nocturne (arr. Gardner) (1908/1931/1962)
Petite Suite (tr. Cushing) (1936/1963)
Piano Concerto No. 1 (1926)
Piano Concerto No. 2 (1932)
Play (arr. Pharmer) (1909/1969)
Rhapsody for Children (arr. Erickson) (1909/1969)
Roumanian Folk Dances (arr. Goto). See: Jocùri Poporale Romanesti
Romanian Folk Dances (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Nakamura) (1915/2017)
Second Movement from "Streichquartett nr. 2" (arr. Koh) (1915-1917/2006)
Silly Story (arr. Gordon) (1909/1974)
Song of the Mountain Horn (arr. La Plante) (2013)
Suite No. 14 (1916/)
Swineherd's Dance (arr. Suchoff) (1908/1931/1962)
Three Bartok Themes (arr. Pharmer) (1971)
Three Folk Songs (1907/)
Three Hungarian Songs (arr. Gordon) (1975)
Three Pieces for Children
Two Bagatelles for Band (arr. Gardner) (1970)
Two Pieces (arr. Lijnschooten)
Two Portraits (arr. Hanna)
Two Songs and a Dance (arr. Hastings) (1976)

Resources

Bartók, B.; Suchoff, B. (1961). Four Pieces for Band [score]. Sam Fox: New York, N.yY.