Mephisto A Rhapsody

Download or read book Redefining Hungarian Music from Liszt to Bartók written by Lynn M. Hooker and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early twentieth century, Bela Bartók and his circle argued for a new definition of "Hungarianness," one which centered around folksong rather than the "Hungarian-Gypsy" style relied upon by Franz Liszt and his contemporaries. This book traces the historical process that defined the conventions of Hungarian-Gypsy style, and reveals through this decades-long debate what it meant to be Hungarian, European, and modern.