The Cambridge Companion to BartókAmanda Bayley This comprehensive, accessible guide to Bartók and his music contains up-to-date research by a new generation of Bartók scholars. Part I sets the cultural, social and political background in Hungary at the beginning of the twentieth century, and considers Bartók's research into folk music. Part II surveys his compositional output in all genres, relating changes in style to broad aesthetic issues, his folk music studies, and his activities as a pianist, music editor and teacher. The final part considers various aspects of reception and the variety of responses to Bartók's music in Europe and the United States. |
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The political and cultural climate in Hungary at the turn of the twentieth century | 7 |
Bartók and folk music | 24 |
Profiles of the music | 43 |
Bartóks orchestral music and the modern world | 45 |
The stage works portraits of loneliness | 62 |
Vocal music inspiration and ideology | 78 |
Piano music teaching pieces and folksong arrangements | 92 |
Piano music recital repertoire and chamber music | 104 |
Reception | 175 |
Hungarian nationalism and the reception of Bartóks music 19041940 | 177 |
Bartók in America | 190 |
Bartók reception in cold war Europe | 202 |
Analytical responses to Bartóks music pitch organization | 215 |
Bartók at the piano lessons from the composers sound recordings | 231 |
Notes | 243 |
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Page viii - I am grateful to a number of people who have helped in the production of this book, not least of which are the contributors themselves for their enthusiasm and support.