The definitive account of the life and music of Hungary's greatest twentieth-century composer
This deeply researched biography of Bela Bartok (1881-1945) provides a more comprehensive view of the innovative Hungarian musician than ever before. David Cooper traces Bartok's international career as an ardent ethno-musicologist and composer, teacher, and pianist, while also providing a detailed discussion of most of his works. Further, the author explores how Europe's political and cultural tumult affected Bartok's work, travel, and reluctant emigration to the safety of America in his final years.
Cooper illuminates Bartok's personal life and relationships, while also expanding what is known about the influence of other musicians-Richard Strauss, Zoltan Kodaly, and Yehudi Menuhin, among many others. The author also looks closely at some of the composer's actions and behaviors which may have been manifestations of Asperger syndrome. The book, in short, is a consummate biography of an internationally admired musician.
- ISBN10 1336287551
- ISBN13 9781336287556
- Publish Date 1 January 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 8 April 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Yale University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 451
- Language English