Béla Bartók : composition, concepts, and autograph sources /

This long-awaited, authoritative account of Bartók's compositional processes stresses the composer's position as one of the masters of Western music history and avoids a purely theoretical approach or one that emphasizes him as an enthusiast for Hungarian folk music. For Bèla Bartók, co...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Somfai, László
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1996.
Reeks:Ernest Bloch lectures ; 9.
Online toegang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8441792
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Samenvatting:This long-awaited, authoritative account of Bartók's compositional processes stresses the composer's position as one of the masters of Western music history and avoids a purely theoretical approach or one that emphasizes him as an enthusiast for Hungarian folk music. For Bèla Bartók, composition often began with improvisation at the piano. Làszló Somfai maintains that Bartók composed without preconceived musical theories and refused.
Beschrijving item:Series statement from jacket.
Fysieke beschrijving:1 online resource (xxii, 334 pages : illustrations.
Bibliografie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-320) and indexes.
ISBN:9780520914612
0520914619
0520084853
9780520084858