The Cambridge Companion to Bartók

Contents

• Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Chronology
• Introduction Amanda Bayley
• Part I . Contexts: Political, Social and Cultural:
• 1. The political and cultural climate in Hungary at the turn of the twentieth century Lynn Hooker
• 2. Bartok and folk music Stephen Erdely
• Part II . Profiles of the Music:
• 3. Bartok's orchestral music and the modern world David Cooper
• 4. The stage works: portraits of loneliness Carl Leafstedt
• 5. Vocal music: inspiration and ideology Rachel Beckles Willson
• 6. Piano music: teaching pieces and folksong arrangements Victoria Fischer
• 7. Piano music: recital repertoire and chamber music Susan Bradshaw
• 8. The Piano Concertos and Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Nicky Losseff
• 9. Works for solo violin and the Viola Concerto Peter Laki
• 10. The String Quartets and works for chamber orchestra Amanda Bayley
• Part III . Reception:
• 11. Hungarian nationalism and the reception of Bartok's music 1904-1940 David E. Schneider
• 12. Bartok in America Malcolm Gillies
• 13. Bartok reception in cold war Europe Danielle Fosler-Lussier
• 14. Analytical responses to Bartok's music: pitch organization Ivan F. Waldbauer
• 15. Bartok at the piano: lessons from the composer's sound recordings Vera Lampert
• Notes
• Select bibliography
• Index.