BartĂłk and His World
Peter Laki, Peter Laki
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BartĂłk and His World
Peter Laki, Peter Laki
Ă propos de ce livre
BĂ©la BartĂłk, who died in New York fifty years ago this September, is one of the most frequently performed twentieth-century composers. He is also the subject of a rapidly growing critical and analytical literature. BartĂłk was born in Hungary and made his home there for all but his last five years, when he resided in the United States. As a result, many aspects of his life and work have been accessible only to readers of Hungarian. The main goal of this volume is to provide English-speaking audiences with new insights into the life and reception of this musician, especially in Hungary.
Part I begins with an essay by Leon Botstein that places BartĂłk in a large historical and cultural context. LĂĄszlĂł Somfai reports on the catalog of BartĂłk's works that is currently in progress. Peter Laki shows the extremes of the composer's reception in Hungary, while Tibor TalliĂĄn surveys the often mixed reviews from the American years. The essays of Carl Leafstedt and Vera Lampert deal with his librettists BĂ©la BalĂĄzs and Melchior Lengyel respectively. David Schneider addresses the artistic relationship between BartĂłk and Stravinsky.
Most of the letters and interviews in Part II concern BartĂłk's travels and emigration as they reflected on his personal life and artistic evolution. Part III presents early critical assessments of BartĂłk's work as well as literary and poetic responses to his music and personality.