Cooper, David
B'La Bartok
- ISBN 13:
- 9780300234374
- author:
- Cooper, David
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Yale University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 456
- Dimensions:
- 23.5 x 15.6 centimetres (0.64 kg
- Genre:
- Biography, Composers & Musicians, History
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Béla Bartók: A Life and Music
This comprehensive biography provides a detailed view of the innovative Hungarian musician's life and work. David Cooper explores Bartók's international career as an ethno-musicologist, composer, teacher, and pianist, tracing his development and influences.
The book also examines how Europe's political and cultural tumult affected Bartók's work, travel, and emigration to America in his final years, shedding new light on the personal life and relationships that shaped his music.