Béla Bartók: A Celebration

by Benjamin Suchoff

This compilation of essays, lectures, and scholarly papers from 1953 to the present includes insights obtained by the author over a half-century career as a Bart k specialist. Divided into three parts, chapters examine Bart k as a multifaceted music figure: composer, folklorist, pianist, and teacher. As composer, it includes program notes, an introduction to his principles of composition, and theoretic-analytical discussion of selected works, including...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810849585
• ISBN13: 9780810849587
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.7"