Piano Concerto No. 3

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Piano Concerto No. 3 is Béla Bartók’s lyrical and accessible late piano concerto, celebrated for its folk-inspired melodies and more transparent style compared to his earlier concertos.

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instanceOf concerto ⓘ
piano concerto ⓘ
catalogNumber BB 127 ⓘ
Sz. 119 ⓘ
characteristic lyrical ⓘ
more accessible than Bartók’s earlier piano concertos ⓘ
transparent texture ⓘ
comparedTo Piano Concerto No. 1 (Bartók) ⓘ
Piano Concerto No. 2 (Bartók) ⓘ
completedBy Tibor Serly ⓘ
composer Béla Bartók ⓘ
countryOfComposition United States ⓘ
dedicatedTo Ditta Pásztory-Bartók ⓘ
dedicationType birthday present ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
influencedBy Central European folk music ⓘ
key E major ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movement I. Allegretto ⓘ
II. Adagio religioso ⓘ
III. Allegro vivace ⓘ
notableFeature Adagio religioso movement with chorale-like writing ⓘ
virtuosic but less aggressive piano writing ⓘ
numberOfMovements 3 ⓘ
opusChronology Bartók’s last completed orchestral work ⓘ
periodInComposerLife late Bartók period ⓘ
placeOfComposition New York City ⓘ
positionInComposerOutput third piano concerto by Béla Bartók ⓘ
premiereConductor Eugene Ormandy ⓘ
premiereCountry United States ⓘ
premiereDate February 8, 1946 ⓘ
premiereOrchestra Philadelphia Orchestra ⓘ
premierePlace Philadelphia ⓘ
premiereSoloist György Sándor ⓘ
publisher Boosey & Hawkes ⓘ
relativeStyle less dissonant than Piano Concerto No. 2 ⓘ
less percussive than Piano Concerto No. 1 ⓘ
scoredFor piano and orchestra ⓘ
statusAtComposerDeath nearly completed ⓘ
style 20th-century classical music ⓘ
folk-inspired ⓘ
neoclassical elements ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition 1945 ⓘ
typicalDuration about 25 minutes ⓘ
uses Bartókian night music elements ⓘ
folk-like melodies ⓘ
modal harmonies ⓘ

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