The New Bell

Little Piano Pieces

Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest

Composer: György Orbán

Editor: Ágnes Lakos

Inventory # HL50601461

UPC: 888680895426

 

György Orbán (born 1947) is among the most frequently performed contemporary Hungarian composers. His style incorporates a characteristic mix of classical, modern, cinematic, and jazz elements. In addition, he claims he “loves splashing about in tonality,” which makes his works accessible to the wider public. Owing to his humor and imagination, he finds an easy path to children, as demonstrated by the popularity of his piano works specifically intended for beginners. He composed close to 70 short children’s pieces for Ágnes Lakos’s four-volume Friendly Piano Tutor (Z. 14749-14756), later published separately as Enchanted Forest (Z. 14742).

 

The New Bell includes a further 19 piano pieces for beginners; among others, we encounter a baby elephant now and again (perhaps paying a visit from Debussy's Children's Corner?) and we hear the awful clamor of a most outgoing granny's alarm clock as well as the solemn tolling of a new church-bell. The pieces are arranged in order of difficulty and even include a few items for three hands, which may be played by a pupil with the teacher or another student.

 

György Orbán（生於 1947 年）是上演次數最多的當代匈牙利作曲家之一。 他的風格融合了古典、現代、電影和爵士樂元素的獨特組合。 此外，他聲稱自己“喜歡在調性上大放異彩”，這使得他的作品能夠為更廣泛的公眾所接受。 由於他的幽默和想像力，他找到了一條通往兒童的簡單途徑，正如他專門為初學者設計的鋼琴作品的流行所證明的那樣。 他為 Ágnes Lakos 的四卷本 Friendly Piano Tutor (Z. 14749-14756) 創作了近 70 首短篇兒童曲，後來作為 Enchanted Forest (Z. 14742) 單獨出版。

 

New Bell 還包括 19 首適合初學者的鋼琴曲； 除其他外，我們不時遇到一頭小象（也許是從德彪西的兒童角拜訪？），我們聽到最外向的奶奶鬧鐘的可怕喧鬧聲以及新教堂鐘聲的莊嚴敲響。 這些曲目按難度順序排列，甚至包括一些三手聯彈的項目，可以由學生與老師或其他學生一起演奏。