The New Grove Modern Masters: Bartok, Stravinsky, Hindemith

By Vera Lampert

Book Overview

Three seminal figures in 20th-century music are considered in this volume. First, the life and works of B?la Bart?k, the Hungarian composer who drew deeply on the folklore of his homeland to bring a fresh vitality into 20th-century music, are treated by L?szl? Somfai and Vera Lampert, working with resources of the Budapest Bart?k Archive. Second, Igor Stravinsky, whose life--from his upbringing in prerevolutionary Russia, through the intellectual crucible that was the Paris of the 1920s, to his final years in Los Angeles and New York--is charted by Eric Walter White, while his works are tellingly set in context by Jeremy Noble. Third, Paul Hindemith, the craftsman/composer par excellence, is considered by Ian Kemp. Taken together, these articles brilliantly illuminate the forces bearing on Western music in the early to mid-20th century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393315924
• ISBN13: 9780393315929
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.7"