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1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : illustrations, music. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
California studies in 20th-century music ; 5
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California studies in 20th-century music ; 5.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-292) and index. |
| Contents |
Tradition rejected : Bartók's polemics and the nineteenth-century Hungarian musical inheritance -- Tradition maintained : nationalism, verbunkos, Kossuth and the Rhapsody, op. 1 -- Tradition transformed : "The night's music" and the pastoral roots of a modern style -- Tradition challenged : confronting Stravinsky -- Tradition transcribed : the Rhapsody for violin no. 1, the politics of folk-music research and the artifice of authenticity -- Tradition restored : the Violin concerto, verbunkos and Hungary on the eve of World War II. |
| 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 mu. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. |
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Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945 -- Critique et interprétation. |
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Composers -- Hungary -- Biography.
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Composers. |
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Hungary. |
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Music -- Hungary -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schneider, David E., 1963- Bartók, Hungary, and the renewal of tradition. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006 9780520245037 (DLC) 2006040262 (OCoLC)65187359 |
| ISBN |
9780520932050 (electronic book) |
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0520932056 (electronic book) |
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