in the right hand and either G mixolydian or dorian collections in the left: Volume VI contains the "Six Dances In Bulgarian Rhythm", dedicated to the English pianist Harriet Cohen. Bulgarian folk music is characterized by additive rhythm, that is, rhythm where the beats in each bar are of unequal length. For example, the first dance (148) is grouped into (nine quavers in each bar), and the final dance (153) is grouped into (eight in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMs8K9sZ2Qg each bar). Pianists who have recorded all six volumes include György Sándor, Edith Farnadi, Homero Francesch, Zoltán Kocsis, Dezső Ránki, Jenő Jandó, Claude Helffer, and . Bartók himself was the first to publicly perform pieces from Mikrokosmos, on February 9, 1937 in London. References External links Compositions by Béla Bartók Compositions for solo piano