| Other author/creator | Antokoletz, Elliott editor. |
| Other author/creator | Fischer, Victoria, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Suchoff, Benjamin editor. |
| Other author/creator | Erdely, Stephen, author. |
| Other author/creator | Gillies, Malcolm, author. |
| Other author/creator | Novak, John K., author. |
| Other author/creator | Crawford, Dorothy Lamb, author. |
| Other author/creator | Frigyesi, Judit, author. |
| Other author/creator | Porter, James author. |
| Other author/creator | Kárpáti, János, author. |
| Other author/creator | Yeomans, David, 1938-2024 author. |
| Other author/creator | Rice, Timothy, 1945- author. |
| Other author/creator | Somfai, László, author. |
| Other author/creator | Leafstedt, Carl Stuart, author. |
| Other author/creator | Bartók, Peter, 1924-2020 author. |
| Other author/creator | Dellamaggiore, Nelson, author. |
| Other author/creator | Fischer, Victoria, author. |
| Contents |
Perspectives in Bartók research / Elliott Antokoletz -- Career and work as folklorist. Bartók's odyssey in Slovak folk music / Benjamin Suchoff ; Bartók on Southslavic epic songs / Stephen Erdely -- Analytical and theoretical studies. Analyzing Bartók's works of 1918-1922 : motives, tone patches, and tonal mosaics / Malcolm Gillies ; Modal transformation and musical symbolism in Bartók's Cantata profana / Elliott Antokoletz ; Organic expansion and classical structure in Bartók's Sonata for two pianos and percussion / Elliott Antokoletz ; The benefits of "relaxation" : the role of the "Pihenő" movement in Béla Bartók's Contrasts / John K. Novak -- Style and aesthetics. The genesis of Bartók's musical language / Benjamin Suchoff ; Love and anguish : Bartók's expressionism / Dorothy Lamb Crawford ; The Verbunkos and Bartók's modern style : the case of Duke Bluebeard's castle / Judit Frigyesi ; Bartók's Concerto for orchestra (1943) and Janác̆ek's Sinfonietta (1926) : conceptual and motivic parallels / James Porter -- Folk music influences. Bartók in North Africa : a unique fieldwork and its impact on his music / János Kárpáti ; Background and analysis of Bartók's Romanian Christmas carols for piano (1915) / David Yeomans ; Béla Bartók and Bulgarian rhythm / Timothy Rice -- Compositional process. Bartók's notations in composition and transcription / László Somfai ; Pelléas revealed : the original ending of Bartók's opera, Duke Bluebeard's castle / Carl S. Leafstedt ; Correcting printed editions of Béla Bartók's Viola concerto and other compositions / Peter Bartók ; Deciphering Béla Bartók's viola concerto sketch / Nelson Dellamaggiore -- Orientation toward pedagogy. Bartók's fourteen Bagatelles op.6, for piano : toward performance authenticity / Victoria Fischer -- Reception history. The canonization of Béla Bartók / Malcolm Gillies. |
| Abstract |
In profound ways, music in the twentieth century reflects the influence of Béla Bartók. His compositions remain at the heart of the modern repertoire, and his scholarly writings on music and his studies of folk music continue to inspire new generations of scholars and musicians. This book seeks to paint a complete portrait of this complex figure, presenting essays from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines. The book collects new work by leading scholars and important new voices on Bartók. While each essay can be read independently, together they provide a coherent view of Bartók's life and work. The book includes integrative theoretic-analytical approaches to Bartók's musical language and studies of his system of composition from its early stages to maturity. It also includes explorations of Bartók's folk-music materials in connection with his fieldwork, transcription techniques, classification methodology, and compositional influences. Many of the chapters examine the broad historical, philosophical, and cultural questions intimately linked to Bartók's work. Anyone with an interest in Bartók or in serious music in the twentieth century will find Bartók Perspectives an invaluable resource and guide. |
| General note | Papers delivered at the International Bartók Conference, held at Radford University, Radford, Va., Apr. 6-9, 1995 and at the Bartók in Retrospect International Symposium, University of California, Los Angeles, Oct. 17-18, 1995. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Bibliography note | "Chronological list of cited Bartók compositions": pages 303-304. |
| LCCN | 99022696 |
| ISBN | 0195125622 |
| ISBN | 9780195125627 |