🇭🇺Bartók Béla Viktor János ： Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs No.7 Sostenuto Rubato BB 83 Sz 74 Op.20

The seventh piece in a set based on Hungarian peasant songs, this work calls for a sustained tone and a flexible treatment of the pulse. Rather than moving forward rapidly, the melody is sung quietly through pauses and resonance, revealing both the simple character of a folk song and Bartók’s concentrated writing. A central point of interest is the careful shaping of each phrase, without making the overall flow uniform. In performance, keep the sound from becoming blurred by the pedal while preserving the length and weight of each note. Rubato should not be arbitrary, but connected to the direction of the melody.