Bartók perspectives : man, composer, and ethnomusicologist / edited by Elliott Antokoletz, Victoria Fischer, Benjamin Suchoff.

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Book
Language
English
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Description
xvi, 316 pages : music ; 24 cm

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Notes
Papers delivered at the International Bartók Conference, held at Radford University, Radford, Va., Apr. 6-9, 1995 and at the "Bartók in Retrospect" International Symposium, University of California, Los Angeles, Oct. 17-18, 1995.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • 1. Perspectives in Bartok Research / Elliott Antokoletz
  • 2. Bartok's Odyssey in Slovak Folk Music / Benjamin Suchoff
  • 3. Bartok on Southslavic Epic Songs / Stephen Erdely
  • 4. Analyzing Bartok's Works of 1918-1922: Motives, Tone Patches, and Tonal Mosaics / Malcolm Gillies
  • 5. Modal Transformation and Musical Symbolism in Bartok's Cantata Profana / Elliott Antokoletz
  • 6. Organic Expansion and Classical Structure in Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion / Elliott Antokoletz
  • 7. The Benefits of "Relaxation": The Role of the "Piheno" Movement in Bela Bartok's Contrasts / John K. Novak
  • 8. The Genesis of Bartok's Musical Language / Benjamin Suchoff
  • 9. Love and Anguish: Bartok's Expressionism / Dorothy Lamb Crawford
  • 10. The Verbunkos and Bartok's Modern Style: The Case of Duke Bluebeard's Castle / Judit Frigyesi
  • 11. Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra (1943) and Janacek's Sinfonietta (1926): Conceptual and Motivic Parallels / James Porter --
  • 12. Bartok in North Africa: A Unique Fieldwork and Its Impact on His Music / Janos Karpati
  • 13. Background and Analysis of Bartok's Romanian Christmas Carols for Piano (1915) / David Yeomans
  • 14. Bela Bartok and Bulgarian Rhythm / Timothy Rice
  • 15. Bartok's Notations in Composition and Transcription / Laszlo Somfai
  • 16. Pelleas Revealed: The Original Ending of Bartok's Opera, Duke Bluebeard's Castle / Carl S. Leafstedt
  • 17. Correcting Printed Editions of Bela Bartok's Viola Concerto and Other Compositions / Peter Bartok
  • 18. Deciphering Bela Bartok's Viola Concerto Sketch / Nelson Dellamaggiore
  • 19. Bartok's Fourteen Bagatelles op. 6, for Piano: Toward Performance Authenticity / Victoria Fischer
  • 20. The Canonization of Bela Bartok / Malcolm Gillies
  • Chronological List of Cited Bartok Compositions.
ISBN
0195125622
LCCN
99022696
OCLC
44014830
RCP
C - S
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