Bartók and his world / edited by Peter Laki.

Other author Laki, Peter, editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoPrinceton, NJ : Princeton University Press, ©1995.
Descriptionix, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945.

SeriesBard Music Festival series
Bard Music Festival series. ^A368770
Contents Part I. Essays. Out of Hungary: Bartok, modernism, and the cultural politics of twentieth-century music / Leon Botstein -- Why is a Bartok thematic catalog sorely needed? / Laszlo Somfai -- The gallows and the altar: poetic criticism and critical poetry about Bartok in Hungary / Peter Laki -- Bartok's reception in America, 1940-1945 / Tibor Tallian ; translated by Peter Laki -- Bluebeard as theater: the influence of Maeterlinck and Hebbel on Balazs's Bluebeard drama / Carl Leafstedt -- The Miraculous Mandarin: Melchior Lengyel, his pantomime, and his connections to Bela Bartok / Vera Lampert -- Bartok and Stravinsky: respect, competition, influence, and the Hungarian reaction to modernism in the 1920s / David E. Schneider -- Part II. Writings by Bartok. Travel reports from three continents: a selection of letters from Bela Bartok / translated by Peter Laki -- Bela Bartok: an interview by Dezss Kosztolanyi / translated by David E. Schneider -- A conversation with Bela Bartok / translated by David E. Schneider and Klara Moricz -- Part III. Writings about Bartok. Recollections of Bela Bartok / translated by Peter Laki and Balazs Dibuz -- A change in style / Edwin Von Der Null ; translated by Susan Gillespie -- Bartok's third string quartet / Theodor Adorno ; translated by Susan Gillespie -- Bartok's foreign tour / Aladar Toth ; translated by David E. Schneider and Klara Moricz -- Two Bartok obituaries / Bence Szabolcsi ; translated by Peter Laki -- A selection of poems inspired by Bela Bartok / translated by Peter Laki and Claire Lashley.
Abstract The main goal of this volume is to provide English-speaking audiences with new insights into the life and reception of this musician, especially in Hungary. Part I begins with an essay by Leon Botstein that places Bartok in a large historical and cultural context. Lászlo Somfai reports on the catalog of Bartók's works that is currently in progress. Peter Laki shows the extremes of the composer's reception in Hungary, while Tibor Tallián surveys the often mixed reviews from the American years. The essays of Carl Leafstedt and Vera Lampert deal with his librettists Bela Balázs and Melchior Lengyel respectively. David Schneider addresses the artistic relationship between Bartók and Stravinsky. Most of the letters and interviews in Part II concern Bartók's travels and emigration as they reflected on his personal life and artistic evolution. Part III presents early critical assessments of Bartók's work as well as literary and poetic responses to his music and personality.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 95013368
ISBN0691006342 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN0691006334 (pbk. : alk. paper

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Music Music Stacks ML410.B26 B272 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold