Bla Bartk: Life and Work [Hardcover]

...Suchoff's survey is valuable precisely because it is so compact. Placing summaries of the various ethnic musics Bart?k studied in one place allows the reader to see how much Bart?k's criteria for organizing his collections varied.This book is the first comprehensive biographical study of Bartok as man, composer, and folklorist, including the background and development of his unique musical language and the impact of his pioneering investigations of multinational musical folklore on his composed works.This book is the first comprehensive biographical study of Bartok as man, composer, and folklorist, including the background and development of his unique musical language and the impact of his pioneering investigations of multinational musical folklore on his composed works. His career as an outstanding pianist, connections with contemporaries in the world of music, and the socio-economic factors that affected his creative and scholarly activities are also included among other hitherto unexplored aspects of his life and times.Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Part 3 Bart?k's Life Chapter 4 Chapter 1. EARLY MUSICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN HUNGARY Chapter 5 The Habsburg dynasty Chapter 6 The Hungarian Minorities Chapter 7 The Kossuth Rebellion Chapter 8 Chapter 2. CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH: 1881-1899 Chapter 9 Valcer Opus 1 Chapter 10 First Public Appearance Chapter 11 Rejection of Theism Chapter 12 Chapter 3. SUMMARY OF HUNGARIAN MUSICAL DIALECT: 1889-1905 Chapter 13 Academy Professors Chapter 14 Impact of Strauss and Liszt Chapter 15 Kossuth Symphonic Poem Chapter 16 Discovery of Rural Folk Song Chapter 17 Introduction to Kod?ly Chapter 18 Chapter 4. FUSION OF NATIONAL SYTLES: 1906-1925 Chapter 19 Discovery of Old-Style Hungarian Folk Song Chapter 20 Stefi Geyer Episode Chapter 21 First Encounter with Romanian Folk Song Chapter 22 Fieldwork in Romanian Villages of Transylvania Chapter 23 Trailblazing a New Frontier in Ethnomusicology Chapter 24 Transformation of Folk Mlă+