Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances, composed in 1915, are among his best-known works. They exist in multiple forms, since as well as several piano arrangements and a later orchestral version of his own there also exist arrangements by his contemporaries that were made with his consent. Today we can even access performances of the dances by Bartók himself; these recordings document varied repeats enriched by octave doublings to make a sort of “concert version” of the dances. Bartók expert László Somfai brings order to the rich fund of sources, and in Henle’s Urtext edition enters significant variants directly into the musical text itself. · Level of difficulty: easy to medium · Original piano version of very important and well-known pieces that have also been set for other instruments. · Edited by Bartók specialist László Somfai who succeeds in clarifying the rich landscape of varied sources. · Important variations, i.e. concerto versions made visible within the score. · First ever urtext edition · Ideal for students and professionals Editor: László Somfai Urtext Edition, paperbound