Listen to Bartok, “Harvest Song” (no. 34 from 44 Duos for Two Violins). A recording is on the audio page; the score is in the MGTA Anthology, and online at IMSLP.
Listen once without score. Write down at least three questions or impressions.
Listen again with the score. Write down at least three further questions, impressions, or epiphanies.
What principle(s) are involved in the relation between the two parts?
Write down whatever you can figure out about the pitch organization, including modal usage. Remember to take into account only the pitches that are sounded.
Do not be misled by the traditional implications of key signatures: it may be that not all the notes indicated in or implied by the signature are actually present in the piece.
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