Bartok's Viola Concerto : The Remarkable Story of His Swansong.
Donald. Maurice
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (235 pages)
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Outline of the special problems associated with this work -- Chapter One. Genesis: Circumstances, commission, composition, influences, and the manuscript -- Chapter Two. The Reconstruction: A critical examination of the work of Tibor Serly -- Chapter Three. Première and Publication: An account of the events of 1945-49 that led up to the first performance -- Chapter Four. Reception: Reaction to the first fifty years of the Bartók/Serly Viola Concerto -- Chapter Five. Some Aspects of Structure: Examination of form and possible presence of the Fibonacci series -- Chapter Six. Revisions: The revisions of Atar Arad, Csaba Erdélyi, Peter Bartók, and Donald Maurice -- Chapter Seven. Authenticity: Future attempts to achieve a more authentic Bartók Viola Concerto -- Chapter Eight. Compositional Interpretation: Focus on structure, melody, pitch organization, rhythm, and orchestration and texture -- Chapter Nine. Performance Interpretation: Focus on tempi, dynamics, phrasing, and articulation in the solo viola part -- Chapter Ten. The Future and Legal Issues: Bartók's will and estate and matters of copyright -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Appendix One. Correspondence from Tibor Serly to Benjamin Suchoff -- Appendex Two. Correspondence between Tibor Serly and Victor Bator -- Appendix Three. Boosey & -- Hawkes Correspondence -- Appendix Four. Burton Fisch -- Appendix Five. Extracts from the Program of the World Première -- Appendix Six. Reviews of the Early Performances -- Appendix Seven. Tibor Serly's Response to Halsey Stevens -- Appendix Eight. Recording Review Summary from Strad Magazine -- Appendix Nine. "The Thirteen Pages" by Atar Arad -- Appendix Ten. Peter Bartók and Nelson Dellamaggiore -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U.. - V -- W -- Z.. - Tells the intriguing story of Bela Bartok's viola concerto, a work left unfinished at his death in 1945. Drawing on interviews and documents that reveal previously unavailable information, it discusses the commission, the reconstruction by Tibor Serly, events leading up to the premiere, its reception over the second half of the twentieth century, the revisions, and future possibilities.
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