Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra has proven to be one of the most popularly successful concert works of the twentieth century. It is seen by its champions as an example of Bartók's seamless blend of Eastern European folk music and Western art music, and by its detractors as indicative of the composer
Bartók, Concerto for orchestra
✍ Scribed by David Cooper
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 112
- Series
- Cambridge Music Handbooks
- Category
- Library
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✦ Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Abbreviations and acknowledgements (page vii)
1 Introduction (page 1)
2 Background (page 3)
3 Genesis and reception (page 16)
4 Synopsis I (page 34)
5 Synopsis II (page 54)
6 Musical analysis (page 66)
Appendix (page 85)
Notes (page 88)
Select bibliography (page 98)
Index (page 101)
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