Description |
1 online resource (98 pages). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Armchair Traveller
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ArmchairTraveller.
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Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
Contents |
Half Title; Front Matter; Title; Copyright; Front Matter; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1. Introduction with (some) history; 2. Music and lightning; 3. The 'pure source'; 4. Halls of dance, halls of learning; 5. Opera and operetta, inside and out; 6. Music on high; 7. On the trail of great composers; 8. What, no singing? (Well, almost …); 9. A composer in Budapest; 10. Eating and drinking, seeing and buying; Afterword; Appendix: A timeline; Suggestions for further reading; Endnotes |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234). |
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Discography (pages 202-207). |
Summary |
Hungary is in the process of abandoning the trappings of its Communist past, while attempting to preserve its culture from a creeping, globalized blandness. Clapton takes a musician's eye at the great European capital, where music is not an "elitist" activity. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Clapton, Nicholas -- Travel -- Hungary -- Budapest.
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Clapton, Nicholas. |
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Travel. |
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Hungary. |
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Hungary -- Budapest. |
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Music -- Hungary -- Budapest -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
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Budapest (Hungary) -- Guidebooks.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Guidebooks.
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Guidebooks.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Clapton, Nicholas Budapest : City of Music London : Haus Publishing,c2009 9781904950967 |
ISBN |
9781909961401 electronic book |
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190996140X electronic book |
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1909961361 |
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9781909961364 |
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9781904950967 |
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1904950965 |
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