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Budapest: City of Music (Armchair Traveller)

Budapest: City of Music (Armchair Traveller)

by NicholasClapton (Author)

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    Hardcover 2009

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Synopsis

Hungary is in the process of abandoning the trappings of its Communist past, while attempting to preserve its culture from creeping Americanisation and globalised blandness. The author is glad to find that certain old-fashioned attitudes of courtesy and overall decency are still deeply ingrained in Hungarian society. Music, dance and song play an important part in Hungarian culture, which in so many ways reflects the country's geographical position as a crossroads of Central Europe. There is a true sense of otherness here, in spite of Hungary's geographical closeness to us.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 250
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: The Armchair Traveller at the bookHaus
Published: 31 Mar 2009
ISBN 10: 1904950965
ISBN 13: 9781904950967

Media Reviews
'Nicholas Clapton first visited Budapest in 1996, since when he has obviously had an ongoing love affair with Hungary, its culture and its people. This clearly shines through in his work and it is a pleasure to read his well-crafted text driven by enthusiasm.' -- Bob Dent The Budapest Times 20091125
Author Bio
In 2005, Nicholas Clapton became a Doctor of Liberal Arts summa cum laude at the Liszt Ferenc Zenemuveszeti Egyetem (Music Academy), where he is now a Visiting Professor. He was recently appointed to Hungary's Government Accreditation Panel for music colleges. He is also engaged in a lifetime's struggle with the complexities of the Hungarian language, which will occupy him till his dying day,