Bartok: 20th Century Composers Series $12.95

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The 19th century saw the flowering of nationalism as the various peoples of Europe, who had previously been culturally silent began to make themselves hear. Explaining Bartok, Kenneth Chalmers uncovers an intellectual whose research into folk music was genuinely nationalistic and, at the same time, borad-minded. Bartok's nationalism managed to be cosmopolitan and his compostions served as a contemporary idiom that escpaed the sterile orthodoxy of serialism. Chalmer's portrait of this proud and withdrawn man captures his single-minded commitment to music and explains why his works are among the most accessible contemporary scores to enter the repertory after WWII. Contains a selective discography.

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Author:Kenneth Chalmers
Format: Trade Paper
Illustrations:Photographs and drawings throughout
Dimensions: 6.25” x 8.75”
Pagination:240 pages

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