Béla Bartók
By: by Kenneth Chalmers.
Series: 20th-century composers
Publisher: Phaidon; Phaidon Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780714847702
Subjects: Bartók, Béla, -- 1881-1945.; Composers -- Hungary -- Biography.; Music -- Hungary -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Originally published: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references, list of works, selective discography, and index.
Table of contents: title: Hungary's future Beethoven 1881-99; title: A red apple drops 1899-1907; title: Portrait of a girl 1907-9; title: Seven doors all barred and bolted 1909-18; title: A strain of harsh asceticism 1918-30; title: The clearest springs 1930-39; title: Two pale emigrants 1939-45.