🇭🇺Bartók Béla Viktor János ： Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs No.9 Allegretto BB 79 Sz 71

The ninth piece, Allegretto, from Bartók’s Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, is an arrangement of folk material for solo piano. Centered on a concise, clearly contoured melody, it makes a strong impression through its lively pulse and unaffected repetitions. Listen closely to the presentation and repetition of the short phrases, as well as to the rhythmic changes and overlapping sonorities. In performance, it is important not to rush and to maintain the natural flow of the Allegretto. Keep the accompaniment and inner voices restrained, and shape the melody’s accents, rests, and chordal sonorities with care to bring out both its folk-like strength and its approachable character.