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Bela Bartok (20th Century Composers) (20th Century Composers)
This biography covers the full range of the work of Béla Bartók (1881-1945), from his early explorations of Hungarian folklore to his Third Piano Concerto, composed on his deathbed in the United States. Illustrated throughout with contemporary photographs of people and events, the book brings a reclusive creator strikingly to life and explores inextricable links between ...more
Paperback, 240 pages
Published
January 7th 1995
by Phaidon Press Inc.
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This biography is part of the Phaidon series of books about 20th century composers. Chalmers provides a solid, engaging overview of Bartok's life and work. While this book does not go into technical detail or provide extensive analysis of Bartok's music, it does provide a good grounding in Bartok's primary compositional materials and methods, as well a sense of his development. Chalmers also gives a lot of information about Bartok's ethnomusicological activities. This book filled in the gaps in ...more
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