Kjos Music

Composer: Bela Bartok
Editor: Keith Snell
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Piano

The editor has selected seventeen of the the forty-two pieces in the 1909 version of Bela Bartok's seminal work, For Children, Volume One. These selections were chosen as a result of the editor's teaching experiences with this music: pieces that are both pedagogically advantageous for the teacher, and the most enjoyed by students.

Although Bartok's intention was to write a set of pieces for young people, the charm and depth of these masterful works makes them equally appealing to students of all ages and levels. For Children has been played in concert and recorded by great pianists such as Gyorgy Sandor, Zoltan Kocsis, Geza Anda, Menahem Pressler, and June de Toth. There is also a recording available on YouTube of Bela Bartok himself playing a selection of pieces from For Children in a 1945 radio broadcast.