Ten Easy Pieces (Bartók) was expensive. Ten Easy Pieces (Bartók) Ten Easy Pieces, Sz. 39, BB 51 () is a collection of short pieces for piano by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. It was composed in 1908. Though initially it was conceived as "Eleven Piano Recital Pieces", one of the pieces was dropped and used as a bagatelle in Bartók's Fourteen Bagatelles. However, he was required by a contractual obligation with his publisher to write eleven pieces, so he wrote a dedication which is not numbered but serves to complement the set. For this reason, this set and his set of bagatelles are related, both
Easy Pieces filled with Cole tones alone, that each tune becomes part of a suety whole. Individually many of the tracks are opalescent, but the overriding feel becomes one of a long (too long) excursion into [...] American country pop." In the US "Spin" was more enthusiastic, stating, "The promise reflected on their impressive debut album "Rattlesnakes" has been kept... [Cole] and the Commotions write clean, crisp, guitar-oriented pop songs with addictive hook lines." All lyrics written by Lloyd Cole, all songs composed by Cole except where noted. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions: Additional personnel: Easy Pieces Easy Pieces is the second