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Subject and Reflection by Bartók

Niibori guitar orchestra, alto cembalo and prime cembalo guitars, two electric guitars, glockenspiel, xylophone and tenor drums

Circumstances of creation

Casteels prepared this instrumentation of Bartok's for a 2020 special project with NUS GENUS, which did not materialised. Subject and Reflection by Bartók is piece no. 141 from volume VI of Mikrokosmos. From 1926 to 1939, Bartók composed a progressively organized series of 153 keyboard pieces designed to teach both technique and composition.


Completion of the instrumentation 

21-IV-2018

Subject and Reflection by Bartók

Subject and Reflection by Bartók

Duration:

2'

Composed In:

2018

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