Descripción
Bartok wrote his Piano Concerto No.3 during the summer of 1945, intending it as a birthday present to his wife Ditta on 31st October. By this time he was already gravely ill; however, he was able to finish the score with the exception of the last seventeen bars, which he notated in a kind of musical shorthand. These last bars were later deciphered and scored by his pupil and friend Tibor Serly.
This is a reduction for 2 Pianos, four hands, by Matyas Seiber.