Benjamin Suchoff

Béla Bartók

Life and Work

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9780810840768
• ISBN-10: 0810840766
• Artikelnr.: 22096287

Autorenporträt

By Benjamin Suchoff

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Part 3 Bartók'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 Kodály 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 Music into Art Music Chapter 25 Duke Bluebeard's Castle Chapter 26 New
Hungarian Music Society Chapter 27 Advent of the First World War Chapter 28
The Wooden Prince Chapter 29 The Miraculous Mandarin Chapter 30 Chapter 5.
SYNTHESIS OF EAST AND WEST: 1926-1945 Chapter 31 First American Tour
Chapter 32 Cantata Profana Chapter 33 Appointment to the Academy of
Sciences Chapter 34 Austrian Anschluss Chapter 35 Exile in America Part 36
Folk Music Research Chapter 37 Chapter 6. HUNGARIAN FOLK MUSIC Chapter 38
A. The Old Style of Hungarian Peasant Music Chapter 39 B. The New Style of
Hungarian Peasant Music Chapter 40 C. Other Tunes in Hungarian Peasant
Music Chapter 41 Table 1: Strophic Structure in Class C Melodies Chapter 42
Chapter 7. SLOVAK FOLK MUSIC Chapter 43 Table 2: Classification of Slovak
Folk Melodies Chapter 44 Old Style Melodies Chapter 45 Mixed Style Melodies
Chapter 46 New Style Melodies Chapter 47 Chapter 8. ROMANIAN FOLK MUSIC
Chapter 48 RFM.i: Instrumental Melodies Chapter 49 Table 3: Classification
of Romanian Instrumental Folk Melodies Chapter 50 Instruments Chapter 51
Dance Genres and Their Choreography Chapter 52 Musical Characteristics
Chapter 53 RFM.ii: Vocal Melodies Chapter 54 Table 4: Classification of
Romanian Vocal Folk Melodies Chapter 55 RFM.iii: Texts Chapter 56 Table 5:
Classification of Romanian Folk Texts Chapter 57 RFM.iv: Carols and
Christmas Songs (Colinde) Chapter 58 Part One-Table 6: Stanza Structure in
the Colinda Melodies Chapter 59 Part Two-Table 7: Classification of the
Colinda Texts Chapter 60 RFM.v: Maramures County Chapter 61 Table 8:
Classification of Maramures County Folk Melodies Chapter 62 Chapter 9. ARAB
FOLK MUSIC FROM THE BISKRA DISTRICT Chapter 63 Wind Instruments Chapter 64
Stringed Instruments Chapter 65 Percussion Instruments Chapter 66 Vocal
Melodies Chapter 67 Scale and Range Chapter 68 Musical Form Chapter 69
Rhythm Chapter 70 Accompaniment Chapter 71 Tempo Chapter 72 Peculiarities
of Performance Chapter 73 Classification of the Instrumental Dance Melodies
Chapter 74 Chapter 10. RUTHENIAN FOLK MELODY Chapter 75 Chapter 11.
YUGOSLAV FOLK MUSIC Chapter 76 YFM.i: Serbo-Croatian Folk Songs Chapter 77
Table 9: Morphology of the Serbo-Croatian Vocal Folk Melodies Chapter 78
Table 10: Selected Data from Bartók's "Tabulation of Material" Chapter 79
Chapter 12. BULGARIAN FOLK MUSIC Chapter 80 Table 11: Bartók's Classified
Bulgarian Folk Music Collection Chapter 81 Chapter 13. TURKISH FOLK MUSIC
FROM ASIA MINOR Chapter 82 Table 12: Classification of Turkish Folk
Melodies Chapter 83 Epilogue Chapter 84 List of Compositions and Editions
Chapter 85 Personalia Chapter 86 Abbreviations Chapter 87 Notes Chapter 88
Select Bibliography Chapter 89 Index Chapter 90 About the Author