The volume contains selected transcriptions from well-known sets that Bartók wrote for children and young people: For Children, Children's and Female Choruses, 44 Duos and Mikrokosmos. Some are based on folk melodies and some on original themes. The volume consists of 16 pieces. In nine, the bottom part is set for alto flute. The collections serve to draw music students into the realm of a great genius of 20th-century music, while concurrently introducing them to the basic techniques of playing chamber music.
Contents
1. Line against point (Mikrokosmos, no. 64) For 4 flutes
2. Thirds (Mikrokosmos, no. 71) For 4 flutes
3. Melody against double notes (Mikrokosmos, no. 70) For 4 flutes
4. Scherzo (Mikrokosmos, no. 82) For 4 flutes
5. In four parts (Mikrokosmos, no. 89 For 4 flutes
6. Wrestling (Mikrokosmos, no. 108) For 4 flutes
7. Sorrow (44 Duos for Two Violins, no. 28) For 4 flutes
8. Play (For Children, vol. I, no. 5) For 3 flutes and alto flute
9. Play song (For Children, vol. I, no.7) For 3 flutes and alto flute
10. Hungarian folk song (Icike, picike) (For Children, vol. I, no. 15) For 3 flutes and alto flute
11. Round dance (For Children, vol. I, no. 17) For 3 flutes and alto flute
12. Hungarian folk song (Fehér László lovat lopott) (For Children, vol. II, no. 25) For 3 flutes and alto flute
13. Slovak folk song (Anicka mlynárova) (For Children, vol. III, no. 13) For 3 flutes and alto flute
14. Slovak folk song (Ore, ore sest volov) (For Children, vol. III, no. 14) For 3 flutes and alto flute
15. Teasing song (For Children, vol. III, no. 18) For 3 flutes and alto flute
16. The highway robber (For Children, vol. IV, no. 31) For 3 flutes and alto flute
