The Life and Music of Béla Bartók

Halsey Stevens

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First published in 1953, and again in 1964, Stevens's study is a classic text, combining an authoritative, balanced account of the Hungarian composer's life with candid, insightful analyses of his numerous works, particularly the chamber works. The work now appears in a third edition, prepared by the Bartók scholar Malcolm Gillies. A comprehensive chronological list of works is added, together with a select bibliography and discography. Minor revisions to the text are suggested and a new collection of rare photographs is included.

Book Details

Publisher: Clarendon Press
Publish Date: Mar 18th, 1993
Pages: 382
Language: English
Edition: undefined - 0003
Dimensions: 8.45in - 5.48in - 0.90in - 1.14lb
EAN: 9780198163497
Categories: • Music• General• History & Criticism - General

Praise for this book

Praise for past editions: "A reliable, sympathetic, informative, even rich book that fills a need. It should be in every self-respecting general library and in the hands of anyone who wants an understanding guide to the immense riches of Bartók's works."--Notes

"Does credit to American musical scholarship."--Aaron Copland, New York Times

"Gilles's discretion is appreciated not only because the book is a lucid exposition of a notoriously complicated subject but also because it is one of the great classics of modernist biography and thus an important document in its own right."Choral Journal