Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

Béla Bartók was a Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso.  In the early part of his career as a composer, Bartók travelled with his colleague Kodály to remote villages in order to study their folk melodies.  He recorded some of the peasants in these villages singing the folk melodies native to their region.  Bartok later transcribed most of these melodies as best as he could for the piano and added harmonies to the melodies.

The Three Folk Songs from Csik  are melodies that Bartók recorded village peasants singing, and then transcribed for the piano.  I hope you enjoy them.  They are quite beautiful.