On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 08:12:33PM -0000, grdnofmeat wrote:
> --- In belabartokclub@yahoogroups.com, rugby52732 <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> > Which work best exemplifies his genius and will longest endure:
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> > 1.Concerto for Orchestra

I was going to argue for the Concerto for Orchestra. I'm not really that
familiar with the quartets, so take my 2 cents with a grain of salt. :-)

> > 2. Music for Strings, Percussion,and Celeste
> > 3. Bluebird's Castle
> > 4. The String Quartets
> > 5. 1st Piano Concerto
> > 6. Miraculous Mandarin
> > 7. Dance Suite
> > 8. Viola Concerto
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> > Of course subjective,perhaps impossible or irrelevant,but
> > perhaps a fun discussion topic?
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> Easy. The string quartets. All the others are great, but they all
> show only part of Bartok's genius. Only the string quartets bring
> everything together at the same time.
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