Béla Bartók : a celebration / Benjamin Suchoff.

Author/creator Suchoff, Benjamin
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2004.
Descriptionxiv, 269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945--Criticism and interpretation.

Contents Part one. Compositions. Bela Bartok: a celebration. Notes on the music ; Summary of Hungarian musical dialect (to 1905) ; Fusion of national musical styles (1906-1925) ; Synthesis of east and west (1926-1945) ; Concerto for orchestra ; Sonata no. 2 for violin and piano ; Violin concerto no. 2 ; Rhapsody no. 1 for violin and piano ; Music for strings, percussion, and celesta ; Piano concerto no. 1 -- Bartok's fusion of national styles. Ten easy pieces ; For Children ; Two elegies (op. 8b) ; Two Romanian dances (op. 8a) ; Three burlesques (op. 8c) ; Four dirges (op. 9a) ; Seven sketches (op. 9b) ; Allegro barbaro ; Dance suite for piano (1925) -- Second string quartet: stylistic landmark -- Impact of Italian Baroque music on Bartok's music -- History of Bartok's Mikrokosmos. Background and development ; The manuscripts ; Transcriptions ; The Mikrokosmos performances -- Sixth string quartet: structure and concept. Background of the fourth movement -- Genesis and development of the concerto for orchestra. Political events in Hungary: 1934-1940 ; The exile in America: 1940-1945 ; The concerto and its diverse sources -- Some observations on Bartok's third piano concerto -- Folk-music sources in Bartok works -- Ethnomusicological roots of Bela Bartok's musical language. Hungarian sources ; Slovak sources ; Romanian sources ; Ruthenian sources ; Bulgarian sources ; Yugoslav sources ; Arab sources ; Turkish sources -- Approaching Bartok's principles of composition. Polymodes, modes, and scales ; Intervallic cells ; Rhythm ; Melody ; Tone color ; Counterpoint -- Part two. Musical folklore. Preface to The Hungarian Folk Song. The Arpad dynasty ; The Habsburg monarchy ; Nationalism and the minorities ; Musical developments ; The Bartok and Kodaly dichotomy -- Bartok and Hungarian folk music -- Slovak Folk Songs: music and politics. Political events and editorial problems -- Bartok's Romanian folk music publication. Background ; Editorial problems ; The volumes -- Bartok and Yugoslav folk music -- Preface to Turkish Folk Music from Asia Minor -- Part three. General studies. Bartok as a man of letters. The investigation of musical folklore ; National folk music ; Comparative musical folklore ; Book reviews and polemics ; Musical instruments ; The relation between folk music and art music ; The life and music of Bela Bartok ; Bartok on music and musicians -- The Bartok-Kodaly connection -- Bartok in America -- The New York Bartok archive: history and sources. Resources ; Publications ; Research ; Support services ; Afterword.
Abstract This book is a compilation of essays, lectures, and scholarly papers on Bartok studies from 1953 to the present and includes insights obtained by the author from a half-century career as a Bartok specialist. Divided into three parts, the chapters examine Bartok as a multifaceted music figure: composer, folklorist, pianist, and teacher. The book presents program notes, an introduction to Bartok's principles of composition, and theoretic-analytical discussion of selected works, including Mikrokosmos. The author examines the outcome of Bartok's fieldwork, methodology, and findings in East European, Arabic, and Turkish autochthonous folk music materials and discusses Bartok's American years. With a narrative supported by a substantial number of musical examples and references, this book is essential for music teachers and students. Theorists, ethnomusicologists, and musicians will find this an indispensable resource for future research and for understanding Bartok's compositional processes and methodology.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003016345
ISBN0810849585 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Music Music Stacks ML410.B26 S835 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold