Béla Bartók A Celebration |
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| Author:
| Suchoff, Benjamin |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8108-4958-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2003 |
| Publisher: | Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $92.95 |
Book Description:
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This compilation of essays, lectures, and scholarly papers on Bartók studies from 1953 to the present includes insights obtained by the author over a half-century career as a Bartók specialist.Divided into three parts, chapters examine Bartók as a multifaceted music figure: composer, folklorist, pianist, and teacher. As composer, it includes program notes, an introduction to his principles of composition, and theoretic-analytical discussion of selected works, including Mikrokosmos. As...
More DescriptionThis compilation of essays, lectures, and scholarly papers on Bartók studies from 1953 to the present includes insights obtained by the author over a half-century career as a Bartók specialist.Divided into three parts, chapters examine Bartók as a multifaceted music figure: composer, folklorist, pianist, and teacher. As composer, it includes program notes, an introduction to his principles of composition, and theoretic-analytical discussion of selected works, including Mikrokosmos. As folklorist, it examines the outcome of Bartók's fieldwork, methodology, and findings in East European, Arabic, and Turkist autochthonous folk music materials. Bartók's American years are also discussed. The narrative is supported by a substantial number of musical examples and references.