Mikrokosmos: Books 1 & 2 (Dover Classical Piano Music for Beginners)

The great Hungarian composer wrote the first four volumes of the Mikrokosmos as a series of beginning piano exercises for his own son. Bartók's complete six-volume collection represents one of the most comprehensive anthologies of contemporary technique ever assembled. This edition, consisting of volumes one and two of the series, presents more than 100 pieces of study material suitable for first- and second-year students.