Bartók, Hungary, and the Renewal of Tradition
Subtitle: Case Studies in the Intersection of Modernity and Nationality (California Studies in 20th-Century Music)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: November 6, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780520245037
Subjects: 20th century music; Composers & musicians; Instruction & Study - Theory; Music Of The 20th Century; Musical Composition; Biography & Autobiography; Music/Songbooks; Biography/Autobiography; Music; Individual Composer & Musician; Music / General; Composers; Composers & Musicians - General; History & Criticism - General; 20th century; Biography; History and criticism; Hungary
First sentence: Attempting to answer the question "What is Hungarian?" has been a preoccupation of educated Hungarians since the rise of national consciousness in the early nineteenth century.