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This volume is made up of studies and articles by Zoltan Kodaly, one of the greatest Hungarian composers and musicologists of the century: the instructor of a whole nation. In selecting the articles and studies the publishers have attempted to give as complete a picture as possible of Kodaly's many-sided activities, at the same time including pieces which are not merely of local interest in Hungary but which possess general validity. They also offer in one and the same volume a portrait of the well loved composer, the epoch-making musicologist and the influential music educationist. The writings have been grouped together with these four elements in mind. The first section contains pieces wh...
Béla Bartók, who died in New York fifty years ago this September, is one of the most frequently performed twentieth-century composers. He is also the subject of a rapidly growing critical and analytical literature. Bartók was born in Hungary and made his home there for all but his last five years, when he resided in the United States. As a result, many aspects of his life and work have been accessible only to readers of Hungarian. The main goal of this volume is to provide English-speaking audiences with new insights into the life and reception of this musician, especially in Hungary. Part I begins with an essay by Leon Botstein that places Bartók in a large historical and cultural conte...
In this new and final collection, Richard Taruskin gathers a sweeping range of keynote speeches, reviews, and critical essays from the first twenty years of the twenty-first century. With twenty-three essays in total, this volume presents five lectures delivered in Budapest on Hungarian music and ten essays on Russian music. Reviews of contemporary work in musicology and reflections on the place of music in society showcase Taruskin’s trademark wit and breadth. Musical Lives and Times Examined is an essential collection, a comprehensive portrait of a distinguished figure in music studies, illuminating the ideas that have transformed the discipline and will continue to do so.
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