Introduction

pp 1-4

Part I - Contexts: political, social and cultural

1 - The political and cultural climate in Hungary at the turn of the twentieth century

pp 5-23

2 - Bartók and folk music

pp 24-42

Part II - Profiles of the music

3 - Bartók's orchestral music and the modern world

pp 43-61

4 - The stage works: portraits of loneliness

pp 62-77

5 - Vocal music: inspiration and ideology

pp 78-91

6 - Piano music: teaching pieces and folksong arrangements

pp 92-103

7 - Piano music: recital repertoire and chamber music

pp 104-117

8 - The Piano Concertos and Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion

pp 118-132

9 - Works for solo violin and the Viola Concerto

pp 133-150

10 - The String Quartets and works for chamber orchestra

pp 151-174

Part III - Reception

11 - Hungarian nationalism and the reception of Bartók's music, 1904–1940

pp 175-189

12 - Bartók in America

pp 190-201

13 - Bartók reception in cold war Europe

pp 202-214

14 - Analytical responses to Bartók's music: pitch organization

pp 215-230

15 - Bartók at the piano: lessons from the composer's sound recordings

pp 231-242

Notes

pp 243-259

Select bibliography

pp 260-265

Index

pp 266-271