Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist B�la Bart�k (1881-1945) originally completed the cycle of 85 short piano pieces FOR CHILDREN in 1909. Each piece was based on a folk tune, with the first 42 being Hungarian, and the remaining 43 being Slovakian. Famed Hungarian violinist Joseph Szigeti (1892-1973) took six of the Hungarian folk tunes and transcribed them for violin and piano. As Bart�k later removed and revised some of the songs in the collection, the following numbers included are the original numbers from the 1909 collection: No. 28 – Parlando, No. 18 – Andante con moto, No. 42 – Allegro vivace, No. 33 – Andante sostenuto, No. 6 – Allegro, No. 13 – Andante, No. 38 – Poco vivace. In addition to the original, more difficult violin part he transcribed originally, Szigeti also wrote a simplified version where only the first to fourth positions are used. Both violin versions are included in this edition.