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Bela Bartok (20th-Century Composers)

Bela Bartok (20th-Century Composers)

by KennethChalmers (Author)

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    Paperback 1995

    $4.35
Synopsis

This biography covers the full range of Bela Bartok's (1881--1945) work from his early explorations of the folklore of Hungary 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, showing inextricable links between his life, his music and the turbulence of two world wars. This biography is essential reading to understand the singular nature of Bartok's genius and the originality of his contribution to music.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Published: 01 Nov 1995
ISBN 10: 0714831646
ISBN 13: 9780714831640
Book Overview: The design for this series received a 1995 Award for Typographical Excellence from the New York Type Directors' Club.

Media Reviews
'As a series, Phaidon's 20th Century Composers has brought remarkable variety and a welter of information, both necessary and delightfully trivial. Intended both for the general reader and for the more enthusiatically musical...' (The Scotsman)
Author Bio
Kenneth Chalmers is an author, translator and composer who has written on Bartok, Berg, Stravinsky, Verdi and Weill, and collaborated on Decca's 20-volume Mozart Almanac.