Mikrokosmos Vol. 1 for piano *Studio Music The composer chose the title

The composer chose the title as the piece seemed to create its own momentum as it developed

Previously available as six separate volumes

and how refreshing it is to partake of such refined writing

One Leg fell off my Donkey

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Mikrokosmos Vol. 1 for piano *Studio Music The composer chose the title153 Progressive Piano Pieces Description The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic. Includes an introduction by the composer's son Peter Bartk. In 1945 Bela Bartok described 'Mikrokosmos' as a cycle of 153 pieces for piano written for 'didactic' purposes, seeing them as a series of pieces in many different styles, representing a small world, or as the 'world of the little ones, the children'. Stylistically Mikrokosmos reflects the