Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-248) and index.
Contents
Part one. Provenance and musical origins ; The Magyars, the Turks, the Siege of Vienna, and the Turkish style ; The emergence of the style hongrois ; Stereotypes : the gypsies in literature and popular culture ; A lexicon for the style hongois -- Part two. Introduction to Part two ; Weber ; Schubert ; Liszt ; Brahms ; Decline and disappearance.