BARTÓK | Piano Sonata (1926): I. mm. 53–55

“The right-hand thumb is already on the D one eighth note before, so it’s no trouble for it to play the D in m. 54, eliminating an unnecessary position shift in the left hand. On the downbeat of m. 55, I prefer to keep the same distribution employed in the previous measures for simplicity (three notes in the left hand, one in the right).”

Submitted by Michael Clark

Published on 1/1/2020