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Bartok's viola concerto : the remarkable story of his swansong.
This text tells the intriguing story of Bela Bartok's viola concerto, a work left unfinished at his death in 1945. Drawing on interviews and documents that reveal previously unavailable information, it discusses the commission, reception and future possibilities.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford Univ Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Outline of the special problems associated with this work; Chapter One. Genesis: Circumstances, commission, composition, influences, and the manuscript; Chapter Two. The Reconstruction: A critical examination of the work of Tibor Serly; Chapter Three. Première and Publication: An account of the events of 1945-49 that led up to the first performance; Chapter Four. Reception: Reaction to the first fifty years of the Bartók/Serly Viola Concerto; Chapter Five. Some Aspects of Structure: Examination of form and possible presence of the Fibonacci series
- Chapter Six. Revisions: The revisions of Atar Arad, Csaba Erdélyi, Peter Bartók, and Donald MauriceChapter Seven. Authenticity: Future attempts to achieve a more authentic Bartók Viola Concerto; Chapter Eight. Compositional Interpretation: Focus on structure, melody, pitch organization, rhythm, and orchestration and texture; Chapter Nine. Performance Interpretation: Focus on tempi, dynamics, phrasing, and articulation in the solo viola part; Chapter Ten. The Future and Legal Issues: Bartók's will and estate and matters of copyright; Conclusion; Appendixes
- Appendix One. Correspondence from Tibor Serly to Benjamin SuchoffAppendex Two. Correspondence between Tibor Serly and Victor Bator; Appendix Three. Boosey & Hawkes Correspondence; Appendix Four. Burton Fisch; Appendix Five. Extracts from the Program of the World Première; Appendix Six. Reviews of the Early Performances; Appendix Seven. Tibor Serly's Response to Halsey Stevens; Appendix Eight. Recording Review Summary from Strad Magazine; Appendix Nine. "The Thirteen Pages" by Atar Arad; Appendix Ten. Peter Bartók and Nelson Dellamaggiore; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; K
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