Cantata Profana: Bartók's Sacred Bridge
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Availability:In StockContributor:László VikáriusSeries:Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure, and InterpretationPublish date:12/24/2025Pages:328
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190083236ISBN-10:190083239UPC:9780190083236Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, History & Criticism, Individual Composer & MusicianBook Topic:ClassicalSize:9.48 x 6.61 x 1.03 inchesWeight:1.411Product ID:SC9R8DT3JD
Hungarian composer Béla Bartók declared his Cantata profana, composed in 1930 and premièred in London in 1934, his "credo," the composition of which was inseparable from the history of his involvement with folklore. Not only was Bartók one of the twentieth century's most important composers, he was also one of the founders of comparative musicology, the precursor to the field of ethnomusicology....
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190083236ISBN-10:190083239UPC:9780190083236Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, History & Criticism, Individual Composer & MusicianBook Topic:ClassicalSize:9.48 x 6.61 x 1.03 inchesWeight:1.411Product ID:SC9R8DT3JD
László Vikárius is head of the Budapest Bartók Archives and Editor-in-Chief of the Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition (G. Henle, Munich and Editio Musica Budapest). He is also Professor of Musicology at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, where he himself also received a diploma in musicology (1984-89). On the staff of the Bartók Archives since 1988, he has published more than a hundred...
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