The idea of composing 'Games' was suggested by children playing spontaneously, children for whom the piano still means a toy. They experiment with it, caress it, attack it and run their fingers over it. They pile up seemingly disconnected sounds, and if this happens to arouse their musical instinct they look consciously for some of the harmonies found by chance and keep repeating them.
Thus this series does not provide a tutor, nor does it simply stand as a collection of pieces. It is a possibility for experimenting and not for learning "to play the piano".
Pleasure in playing, the joy of movement - daring and if need be fast movement over the entire keyboard right fromthe first lessons instead of clumsy groping for keys and the counting of rhythms - all these rather vague ideas lay at the outset of the creation of this collection.
Fog-canon
Furious Chorale
Hommage a Sárközy - Hand in Hand
Hommage a Stravinsky - Bells
Hommage a Sáry László - (Dot and Spot)
Hommage a Halmágyi Mihály
Hommage a Soproni (in memoriam matris carissimae)
Kyrie
Prelude and Waltz in F (or F sharp)
Study to ”Hölderlin” (position exercise)
Dirge (for two pianos)
Beating (for two pianos)
Sarabande for two pianos)
Hommage a Paganini ( for two pianos)
Genre: Pedagogical performance pieces
Language: Hungarian, English, German
Length: 52 pages
First published: September 1979
