Bartók: Romanian Dances (for clarinet)

Includes accompaniments for:

1. Stick Dance

2. Sash Dance

3. In One Spot

4. Dance from Bucsum

5. Romanian Polka

6. Fast Dance

Bartók's six Romanian Folk Dances were originally written for piano solo in 1915. Zoltan Szekely arranged them for violin and piano and then Kalman Berkes subsequently arranged that version for clarinet and piano, altering the keys for certain movements. Each brief dance uses a melody from a different region of Romanian/Transylvania, which would have originally been played on a fiddle or shepherd's flute.

These piano accompaniment tracks help make practising more effective and enjoyable! They are recorded by a professional accompanist and can help you keep in tune and in time, as you listen to the piano part for this work. Please scroll down for samples and performance details for each movement.

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2 bars signalled by click-beats at beginning before violin enters

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2 crotchet click-beats at beginning set pulse before violin enters