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Bartók wrote his 3rd Piano Concerto during the summer of 1945. 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 noted in a kind of musical shorthand. These last seventeen bars were deciphered and scored by his friend and pupil Tibor Serly. Only a few expression marks and tempo indications, and no metronome marks were found in Bartók's score. Had he lived on, there is no doubt that he would have edited the concerto as meticulously as was his habit. In order to give a complete picture of the work, such markings as were deemed necessary have been added by Tibor Serly ; by Eugene Ormandy, who conducted the first performance ; by Louis Kentner ; and by Erwin Stein. Bartók's own indications are printed in the score in large type. The additions are in small type or in brackets. The initial tempo indications of the 1st and 2nd movements (Allegretto and Adagio Religioso) are Bartók's, but he wrote no tempo indications in the 3rd movement. ORCHESTRATION 2 FLUTES 2 OBOES 2 CLARINETS IN A 2 BASSOONS 4 HORNS IN F 2 TRUMPETS IN C 3 TROMBONES TUBA TIMPANI PERCUSSION STRINGS DURATION 23 MINUTES