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Bartók and his world /

Béla Bartók, who died in New York fifty years ago this September, is one of the most frequently performed twentieth-century composers. He is also the subject of a rapidly growing critical and analytical literature. Bartók was born in Hungary and made his home there for all but his last five years...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Laki, Peter (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [1995]
Colección:Bard Music Festival series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I: Essays
  • Out of Hungary: Bartok, Modernism, and the Cultural Politics of Twentieth-Century Music
  • Why Is a Bartok Thematic Catalog Sorely Needed?
  • The Gallows and the Altar: Poetic Criticism and Critical Poetry about Bartok in Hungary
  • Bartok's Reception in America, 1940-1945
  • Bluebeard as Theater: The Influence of Maeterlinck and Hebbel on Balazs's Bluebeard Drama
  • The Miraculous Mandarin: Melchior Lengyel, His Pantomime, and His Connections to Bela Bartok
  • Bartok and Stravinsky: Respect, Competition, Influence, and the Hungarian Reaction to Modernism in the 1920s
  • Part II: Writings By Bartok
  • Travel Reports from Three Continents: A Selection of Letters from Bela Bartok
  • Bela Bartok: An Interview by Dezso Kosztolanyi
  • A Conversation with Bela Bartok
  • Part III: Writings About Bartok
  • Recollections of Bela Bartok
  • A Change in Style
  • Bartok's Third String Quartet
  • Bartok's Foreign Tour
  • Two Bartok Obituaries
  • A Selection of Poems Inspired by Bela Bartok
  • Index of Names and Compositions
  • List of Contributors