🇭🇺Bartók Béla Viktor János ： Out of Doors No.3 Musettes BB 89 Sz 81

No. 3, “Musettes,” from Out of Doors is a miniature built around a sustained bass and a plain, overlapping melody, using the piano to evoke the sonority of archaic wind instruments. Repeated short phrases create a lightly mechanical motion, while changes in the layering of the voices and in the accents shape the expression. It is important to maintain the overall flow while clearly distinguishing the roles of melody and accompaniment. Keeping the bass from becoming too heavy and emphasizing a dry sonority with crisp rhythms brings out the distinctive humor within the music’s rustic character.