Bartók, Hungary, and the renewal of tradition : case studies in the intersection of modernity and nationality /
It is well known that Bela Bartok had an extraordinary ability to synthesize Western art music with the folk music of Eastern Europe. What this rich and beautifully written study makes clear is that, contrary to much prevailing thought about the great twentieth-century Hungarian composer, Bartok was...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2006
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| Series: | California studies in 20th-century music ;
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | It is well known that Bela Bartok had an extraordinary ability to synthesize Western art music with the folk music of Eastern Europe. What this rich and beautifully written study makes clear is that, contrary to much prevailing thought about the great twentieth-century Hungarian composer, Bartok was also strongly influenced by the art-music traditions of his native country. Drawing from a wide array of material including contemporary reviews and little known Hungarian documents, David Schneider presents a new approach to Bartok that acknowledges the composer's debt to a variety of Hungarian music traditions as well as to influential contemporaries such as Igor Stravinsky. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-292) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520932050 0520932056 1282759361 9781282759367 9786612759369 6612759364 0520245032 9780520245037 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
