The Cambridge Companion to Bartók
Part of Cambridge Companions to Music
- Editor: Amanda Bayley, University of Wolverhampton
- Date Published: May 2001
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521669580
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This Companion is an accessible guide to Bartók's music and is an ideal introduction to the composer for students, performers and concert-goers. Part I of the book sets out the cultural, social and political background in Hungary at the beginning of the twentieth century, and considers Bartók's interest in and research into folk music. Part II surveys his compositional output in all genres, relating changes in style to broad aesthetic issues, his folk music studies, and his activities as a pianist, music editor and teacher. The final part reveals the wide variety of responses to Bartók's music in Europe and the United States, both during and after his lifetime. It includes a comparison of analytical approaches to his music and an evaluation of performances including those of the composer himself. The book is written by a team of specialists, who represent more recent thinking on the composer and his music.
Read more- Comprehensive, accessible introduction to Bartók and his music
- Contains research by a new generation of Bartók scholars (including research of original Hungarian material)
- Deals with Bartók as a pianist, teacher and folksong collector as well as a composer
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- Date Published: May 2001
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521669580
- length: 288 pages
- dimensions: 248 x 175 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.496kg
- contains: 4 b/w illus. 1 map 74 music examples
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Introduction Amanda Bayley
Part I. Contexts: Political, Social and Cultural:
1. The political and cultural climate in Hungary at the turn of the twentieth century Lynn Hooker
2. Bartók and folk music Stephen Erdely
Part II. Profiles of the Music:
3. Bartók's orchestral music and the modern world David Cooper
4. The stage works: portraits of loneliness Carl Leafstedt
5. Vocal music: inspiration and ideology Rachel Beckles Willson
6. Piano music: teaching pieces and folksong arrangements Victoria Fischer
7. Piano music: recital repertoire and chamber music Susan Bradshaw
8. The Piano Concertos and Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Nicky Losseff
9. Works for solo violin and the Viola Concerto Peter Laki
10. The String Quartets and works for chamber orchestra Amanda Bayley
Part III. Reception:
11. Hungarian nationalism and the reception of Bartók's music 1904–1940 David E. Schneider
12. Bartók in America Malcolm Gillies
13. Bartók reception in cold war Europe Danielle Fosler-Lussier
14. Analytical responses to Bartók's music: pitch organization Ivan F. Waldbauer
15. Bartók at the piano: lessons from the composer's sound recordings Vera Lampert
Notes
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