The Music of Bela Bartok: A Study of Tonality and Progression in Twentieth-Century Music - Paperback

by Elliott Antokoletz (Author)

The basic principles of progression and the means by which tonality is established in Bart k's music remain problematical to many theorists. Elliott Antokoletz here demonstrates that the remarkable continuity of style in Bart k's evolution is founded upon an all-encompassing system of pitch relations in which one can draw together the diverse pitch formations in his music under one unified set of principles.

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The basic principles of progression and the means by which tonality is established in Bartok's music remain problematical to many theorists. Elliott Antokoletz demonstrates that the remarkable continuity of style in Bartok's evolution is founded upon an all-encompassing system of pitch relations in which one can draw together the diverse pitch formations in his music under one unified set of principles.

Author Biography

Elliott Antokoletz is Professor of Musicology at the University of Texas, Austin. In 1981 he received the Béla Bartók Memorial Plaque and Diploma from the Hungarian government.