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Essays in Honor of Laszlo Somfai on His 70th Birthday
. Ed(S): Vikarius, Laszlo; Lampert, Vera
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Hardback. This collection features 34 essays written in honor of Hungarian Haydn and Bartok specialist, Laszlo Somfai. The essays discuss the interpretation of various musical sources, both analytically and in performance, regarding the music of many composers and periods, with an emphasis on the music of Bartok. Editor(s): Vikarius, Laszlo; Lampert, Vera. Num Pages: 536 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 193 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1266.
This volume of essays celebrates Hungarian musicologist László Somfai (b. 1934), head of the Budapest Bartók Archives for more than three decades, past president of the International Musicological Society, and a leading authority on the music of Joseph Haydn and Béla Bartók. His complex approach to source material involves evaluating biographical data while examining compositional sketches, notation, and performance practice, leading him to an "authentic" understanding of music that reaches beyond the discussion of musical sources. This honorary volume is devoted to the topics and approaches he has pioneered, without limiting the discussion to any particular period or ... Read more
This volume of essays celebrates Hungarian musicologist László Somfai (b. 1934), head of the Budapest Bartók Archives for more than three decades, past president of the International Musicological Society, and a leading authority on the music of Joseph Haydn and Béla Bartók. His complex approach to source material involves evaluating biographical data while examining compositional sketches, notation, and performance practice, leading him to an "authentic" understanding of music that reaches beyond the discussion of musical sources. This honorary volume is devoted to the topics and approaches he has pioneered, without limiting the discussion to any particular period or ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
Number of Pages
536
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810852976
SKU
V9780810852976
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About . Ed(S): Vikarius, Laszlo; Lampert, Vera
László Vikárius is head of the Budapest Bartók Archives and lecturer in the history of Western music at the Liszt University of Music. He has published articles on Bartók and medieval music theory and a full-length study on influences in Bartók's music. Vera Lampert, a former research fellow at the Budapest Bartók Archives, is the Music Catalog Librarian at ... Read more
Reviews for Essays in Honor of Laszlo Somfai on His 70th Birthday
Vikárius (Budapest Bartók Archives and history of Western music, Liszt U. of Music, Hungary) and Lampert (librarian, Brandeis U.) compile 34 essays celebrating Hungarian musicologist László Somfai (b.1934), who was head of the Budapest Bartók Archives and a scholar of the music of Haydn and Bartók. Music scholars from around the world discuss topics relating to his research and methodology ... Read more