Redefining Hungarian music from Liszt to Bartók:

Some of the most popular works of 19th-century music were labelled either 'Hungarian' or 'Gypsy' in style, including many of the best-known and least-respected of Liszt's compositions. In the early 20th century, Bela Bartok and his colleagues questioned not only the Hungaria...

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Main Author: Hooker, Lynn M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2013
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:Some of the most popular works of 19th-century music were labelled either 'Hungarian' or 'Gypsy' in style, including many of the best-known and least-respected of Liszt's compositions. In the early 20th century, Bela Bartok and his colleagues questioned not only the Hungarianness but also the good taste of that style. Bartok argued that it should be discarded in favour of a national style based in the 'genuine' folk music of the rural peasantry
Item Description:Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780199369461
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199739592.001.0001

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