Research Catalog

Title

Bartók perspectives : man, composer, and ethnomusicologist / edited by Elliott Antokoletz, Victoria Fischer, Benjamin Suchoff.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Additional Authors

• Antokoletz, Elliott.
• Fischer, Victoria.
• Suchoff, Benjamin.

Description

xvi, 316 pages : music; 24 cm

Subject

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945 > Criticism and interpretation > Congresses

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.

Contents

• 1. Perspectives in Bartok Research / Elliott Antokoletz -- 2. Bartok's Odyssey in Slovak Folk Music / Benjamin Suchoff -- 3. Bartok on Southslavic Epic Songs / Stephen Erdely -- 4. Analyzing Bartok's Works of 1918-1922: Motives, Tone Patches, and Tonal Mosaics / Malcolm Gillies -- 5. Modal Transformation and Musical Symbolism in Bartok's Cantata Profana / Elliott Antokoletz -- 6. Organic Expansion and Classical Structure in Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion / Elliott Antokoletz -- 7. The Benefits of "Relaxation": The Role of the "Piheno" Movement in Bela Bartok's Contrasts / John K. Novak -- 8. The Genesis of Bartok's Musical Language / Benjamin Suchoff -- 9. Love and Anguish: Bartok's Expressionism / Dorothy Lamb Crawford -- 10. The Verbunkos and Bartok's Modern Style: The Case of Duke Bluebeard's Castle / Judit Frigyesi -- 11. Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra (1943) and Janacek's Sinfonietta (1926): Conceptual and Motivic Parallels / James Porter --
• 12. Bartok in North Africa: A Unique Fieldwork and Its Impact on His Music / Janos Karpati -- 13. Background and Analysis of Bartok's Romanian Christmas Carols for Piano (1915) / David Yeomans -- 14. Bela Bartok and Bulgarian Rhythm / Timothy Rice -- 15. Bartok's Notations in Composition and Transcription / Laszlo Somfai -- 16. Pelleas Revealed: The Original Ending of Bartok's Opera, Duke Bluebeard's Castle / Carl S. Leafstedt -- 17. Correcting Printed Editions of Bela Bartok's Viola Concerto and Other Compositions / Peter Bartok -- 18. Deciphering Bela Bartok's Viola Concerto Sketch / Nelson Dellamaggiore -- 19. Bartok's Fourteen Bagatelles op. 6, for Piano: Toward Performance Authenticity / Victoria Fischer -- 20. The Canonization of Bela Bartok / Malcolm Gillies -- Chronological List of Cited Bartok Compositions.

ISBN

0195125622

LCCN

99022696

OCLC

• 44014830
• ocm44014830
• SCSB-9435577

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries