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Title

The Bartók companion / edited by Malcolm Gillies.

Publication

Portland, Or. : Amadeus Press, 1994.

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Additional Authors

Gillies, Malcolm.

Description

xviii, 586 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945
• Composers > Hungary > Biography
• Music > 20th century > History and criticism

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references: p. [561]-567.

Contents

• 1. Bartok and his Music in the 1990s / Malcolm Gillies -- 2. The Private Man / Bela Bartok Jun -- 3. In his 'Compositional Workshop' / Laszlo Somfai -- 4. The Ethnomusicologist / Sandor Kovacs -- 5. The Pianist / Janos Demeny -- 6. The Teacher / Malcolm Gillies -- 7. With his Publishers / Adrienne Gombocz -- 8. Youthful Piano Works / Gunter Weiss-Aigner -- 9. 'At last something truly new': Bagatelles / Elliott Antokoletz -- 10. Fusion of National Styles: Piano Literature, 1908-11 / Benjamin Suchoff -- 11. Piano Works of the War Years / Janos Karpati -- 12. Approaching Atonality: Studies and Improvisations / Paul Wilson -- 13. The 'Piano Year' of 1926 / Laszlo Somfai -- 14. Synthesis of East and West: Mikrokosmos / Benjamin Suchoff -- 15. Youthful Chamber Works / Gunter Weiss-Aigner -- 16. Early String Quartets / Janos Karpati -- 17. Violin Sonatas / Paul Wilson -- 18. Middle-period String Quartets / Elliott Antokoletz -- 19. Violin Rhapsodies / Vera Lampert.
• 20. Violin Duos and Late String Quartets / Malcolm Gillies -- 21. Masterworks (I): Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Malcolm Gillies -- 22. Masterworks (II): Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion / Roy Howat -- 23. Final Chamber Works / Malcolm Gillies -- 24. Opera: Duke Bluebeard's Castle / Gyorgy Kroo -- 25. Ballet: The Wooden Prince / Gyorgy Kroo -- 26. Pantomime: The Miraculous Mandarin / Gyorgy Kroo -- 27. Works for Solo Voice with Piano / Vera Lampert -- 28. Choral Works / Miklos Szabo -- 29. Cantata profana / Gyorgy Kroo -- 30. Youthful Orchestral Works / Gunter Weiss-Aigner -- 31. Two Orchestral Suites / Malcolm Gillies -- 32. The 'Lost' Violin Concerto / Gunter Weiss-Aigner -- 33. Portraits, Pictures and Pieces / Malcolm Gillies -- 34. Dance Suite / Malcolm Gillies -- 35. The First Two Piano Concertos / Janos Karpati -- 36. Second Violin Concerto / Vera Lampert -- 37. Concerto for Orchestra / Elliott Antokoletz -- 38. Final Concertos / Sandor Kovacs.

ISBN

• 0931340748
• 0931340756 (pbk)

LCCN

94193114

OCLC

ocm30845426

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries