Dances

Music and harmony

Photograph of an old timber building on the Danube delta

Béla Bartók – 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm from Mikrokosmos Sz. 107 Folk music has always been a source of inspiration for classical composers (it made its way into the works of almost all composers – think of Beethoven’s Scottish Songs, or Haydn’s Hungarian Piano Trio or indeed his Capriccio on the folksong ‘Acht Sauschneider …

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