Béla Bartók

  • Béla Bartók
    By David Cooper

    The definitive account of the life and music of Hungary's greatest twentieth-century composer

  • Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Complete
    By Chester Music

    The 153 pieces which together make up Mikrokosmos were composed by Bartók between 1926 and 1939, although the impulse to begin to put them together only happened at the start of the 1930s. As well as having his son Peter as a potential ...

  • Béla Bartók: A Research and Information Guide
    By Elliott Antokoletz, Paolo Susanni

    This research guide is an annotated bibliography of primary and secondary sources and catalogue of Bartók’s compositions.

  • Bela Bartok: Composition, Concepts, and Autograph Sources
    By László Somfai

    For Bèla Bartók, composition often began with improvisation at the piano. Làszló Somfai maintains that Bartók composed without preconceived musical theories and refused to teach composition precisely for this reason.

  • Béla Bartók: Life and Work
    By Benjamin Suchoff

    Overview: This compilation of essays, lectures, and scholarly papers on Bartok studies from 1953 to the present includes insights obtained by the author over a half-century career as a Bartok specialist.

  • Béla Bartók
    By David Cooper

    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."

  • Béla Bartók: A Research and Information Guide
    By Elliott Antokoletz, Paolo Susanni

    “Les choeurs a cappella de Bela Bartok,” 814 Gergely, Jean, and Jean Vigué. Conscience musicale ou conscience humaine? Vie, (euvre et héritage spirituel de Béla Barto'k, 227 Gergely, Pal. “Béla Bartok's Seven Years at the Hungarian ...

  • Béla Bartok
    By Kenneth Chalmers

    Illustrated throughout with contemporary photographs of people and events, the book brings a reclusive creator strikingly to life, showing inextricable links between his life, his music and the turbulence of two world wars.

  • Bela Bartók
    By David Cooper

    The Music of Béla Bartók: A Study of Tonality and Progression in Twentieth-Century Music. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1984. Ashcroft, Bill, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin. The Empire Writes Back: Theory ...

  • Béla Bartók: A Guide to Research
    By Elliott Antokoletz

    This second edition ofBela Bartok: A Guide to Researchpresents a concisely detailed history of Bartok's musical development, a catalogue of his compositions according to genre (including basic data on Bartok's publishers, achives, library ...

  • Béla Bartok
    By Kenneth Chalmers

    This biography covers the full range of Bela Bartók’s (1881--1945) work from his early explorations of the folklore of Hungary to his Third Piano Concerto composed on his deathbed in...

  • Béla Bartók: A Celebration
    By Benjamin Suchoff, Adjunct Professor of Ethnomusicology Benjamin Suchoff

    "With a narrative supported by a substantial number of musical examples and references, Bela Bartok: A Celebration is essential for music teachers and students.

  • Béla Bartók: A Research and Information Guide
    By Elliott Antokoletz, Paolo Susanni

    This research guide is an annotated bibliography of primary and secondary sources regarding the life and compositions of the composer and includes a catalogue of Bartók’s published musical compositions.

  • Béla Bartók: The Man and His Work
    By Tibor Tallián

    Béla Bartók: The Man and His Work

  • Béla Bartók: An Analysis of His Music
    By Alan Bush, Ernő Lendvai

    Béla Bartók: An Analysis of His Music

  • Béla Bartók: sein Leben und Werk
    By Tibor Tallián

    Béla Bartók: sein Leben und Werk