I'm trying to update my database to include my recordings of Bartok. One of the fields is of course instrumentation. I cannot locate my score for the Concerto...
... The instrumentation mentioned in the score is the following: 3 Flutes (3rd doubling Piccolo) 3 Oboes (3rd doubling Cor Anglais) 3 Clarinets in Bb and A...
... The instrumentation mentioned in the score is the following: 3 Flutes (3rd doubling Piccolo) 3 Oboes (3rd doubling Cor Anglais) 3 Clarinets in Bb and A...
... "Strings" is a standard name for five parts: 1st violins 2nd violins violas cellos basses each part to be played by several musiciens, the number of each ...
Thank you Pierre. I am a cellist The last few posts were not to my benefit, however your initial reply was the thing I waas looking for. Thank you for helping...
Is that similar in quality too? Were they influenced by Bartok, vice versa, or did they develop together? What were the greatest influences on Bartok? Who were...
Kodaly worked alongside Bartok, Serly came after. Bartok was influenced by Liszt and a number of others I'm not remembering off the top of my head. Scott...
I can't discern any noticeable influences on the level of how he sounds to the ordinary educated but not expert listener. He seems to me the least derivative...
... A quote from the New Grove (1990 edition): "The greatest composer of his country, he was responsible, with his friend Kodaly, for the awakening of serious...
Hungarian peasants didn't sing anything comparable to what Bartok wrote. The process (logarithm?)he used to turn simple tunes and rhythms into his music,...
Here's my 2 picks for the "similar to Bartok" question. Vit Micka (I actually found him on mp3.com) and Ginastera. I know very little about these 2, other...
In his youth, Bartok had several sources. At first, Brahms, because his professor of composition was a great Brahms admirer. Next, Bartok was very enthusiast...
I suppose his surreal 'night music' in the middle movements of his piano concertos, for example, demonstrate the influence of Debussy, correct? I hear the...
Hi all, I need some information on Allegro Barbaro and also on either Suite Op.14 Sz.62 or Piano sonata Sz.80. With information I mean structur, harmony, ... I...
Hello ! There is a new recording of the Bartok's quartets with the Lindsay string quartet (on ASV label) ! Who know this recoding ? And what about this record...
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/boortz.asp Snopes notes that the piece was indeed written by Boortz, but never delivered at a commencement. Below is my...
... Try ... I quite agree on the Adams.One is in the prescence of totally original writing in both cases.The Bartok 2nd and the Adams are musts in any...
... The only Janacek I know is the Glagolthic Mass which sounds unlike anything else I have heard. I know the Sinfonietta a little. Is there anything else I...
The Janacek operas are worth getting to know; perhaps The Cunning Little Vixen more than any other. There are 2 DVDs of the opera, also. The animated version...
I checked out <http://www.martinu.cz/main.html>. Martinu was a very prolific composer and enjoyed fame and respect. His compositions were eagerly awaited and ...
Great Question! There has to be composers that have slipped beneath the radar for more spurious reasons than talent. The path to fameis too slippery to be an ...
