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Description: Genre: Classical - Orchestral / Artist: Bela Bartok / Audio CD released 2008-03-03 at Naxos / In 1911, Bartók wrote ... more
Bartók - The Wooden Prince - Bela Bartok ... what was to be his only opera, Bluebeard's Castle, dedicated to his wife, Márta. After his disappointment over the Fine Arts Commission prize, Bartók wrote very little for two or three years, preferring to concentrate on collecting and arranging folk music (in Central Europe, the Balkans, Algeria, and Turkey). However, the outbreak of World War I forced him to stop these expeditions, and he returned to composing, writing the ballet The Wooden Prince in 1914–16 and the String Quartet No. 2 in 1915–17, both influenced by Debussy. It was The Wooden Prince which gave him some degree of international fame. He subsequently worked on another ballet, The Miraculous Mandarin influenced by Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, as well as Richard Strauss, following this up with his two violin sonatas (written in 1921 and 1922 respectively) which are harmonically and structurally some of the most complex pieces he wrote. The Miraculous Mandarin was started in 1918, but not performed until 1926 because of its sexual content, a sordid modern story of prostitution, robbery, and murder. He wrote his third and fourth string quartets in 1927–28, after which he finally found his true voice, starting broadly incorporating folk music in his compositions. Notable examples of this period are Divertimento for strings (1939) and Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (1936). The String Quartet No. 5 (1934) is written in somewhat more traditional style. Bartók wrote his sixth and last string quartet in 1939. Bartók did not feel comfortable in the USA, and found it very difficult to write. He was also not very well known in America, and there was little interest in his music. He and his wife Ditta would give concerts, and for a while, they had a research grant to work on a collection of Yugoslav folk songs. While their finances were always precarious, it is a myth that he lived and died in poverty. There were enough supporters to see to it that there was enough money and work available for him to live on. Bartók's health began to deteriorate in 1944, making composing difficult for him. His last work might well have been the String Quartet No. 6, were it not for Serge Koussevitsky commissioning him to write the Concerto for Orchestra, at the behest of the violinist Joseph Szigeti and the conductor Fritz Reiner (who had been Bartók's friend and champion since his days as Bartók's student at the Royal Academy). This quickly became Bartók's most popular work, and one which would ease his financial burdens. He was also commissioned by Yehudi Menuhin to write a Sonata for Solo Violin. This seemed to reawaken his interest in composing, and he went on to write his Piano Concerto No. 3, an airy and almost neo-classical work, and begin work on his Viola Concerto.

Newest Review: ... of parts playing together,can make the music difficult to listern to), but not atonal(atonal= not written in a key). A ... more

 ... feeling of tonality(written in a key) is based on repetition of certain tones often enough to give a feeling of tonal colour. The use of whole tone(moving by tones eg C, D,E,F#,G#,A#,C) chromatic( Moving by semitones eg C,C#,D,D#etc) modal( using only white notes on the piano), octatonic scales. Employs many ostinato figures and rhythm (repeated melody or rhythm) is almost more important than the melody. Bartok's Concerto For Orchestra contains most of the above scales, folk music etc. I find this work of Bartok ve...more

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Bartók: The Wooden Prince
Release Date: 2008 - 03 - 03, Audio CD, Naxos
Last Update 09.11.2009 05:40
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yamram
Premium Review Bartók - The Wooden Prince - Bela Bartok: Béla Bartók a composer of the 20th century (398 words)
by - written on 05/04/02 (Useful, 166 readings)
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Béla Bartók was born in hungary and as a result became one of the leading Hungarian composers of his time, he was also a pianist. He joined his friend Zoltán Kodály in the extensive research of collecting folk music in Hungary and neighbouring regions eg Rumania, Bulgaria. These researches lead to several works, One Of Which Is Called The Concerto For Orchestra. Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss influenced Bartok. Influenced as well by folk music and often modality. Some of his music is highly dissonant(clashes) and contrapuntal(multiple of parts playing together,can make the music difficult to listern to), but not atonal(atonal= not written in a key). A feeling of ...  Read the complete review

Autumn+Swallow
Premium Review Never a second Bartok! (138 words)
by - written on 11/07/00 (Very useful, 36 readings)
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Bela Bartok's work is very unique in his period. He is famous for his piano work. I have played some of his piano pieces. At first, I hate it very much, because it require pretty much technical skills as the 'melody' is so irregular. However, once I master it, I love it. His work is so exciting, so emotional that he could even describe the emotion of a fly when the fly is being caught in the cob webs, and you can feel how the fly actually die! His work can influence the my emotion, let my imagination grow wild and also have great effects on the listeners, if the performer performs well, of course. His work is very simple because is very easy ...  Read the complete review

Pingu
Premium Review Bartók - The Wooden Prince - Bela Bartok: Exciting!! (273 words)
by - written on 30/06/00 (Very useful, 31 readings)
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Bartok's name has somehow become attached to the idea of unlistenable-to music, loud noises, and all things unpleasant. This is thoroughly undeserved. Maybe for its original audiences it was a little strange, but it is unfalr that their label has stuck, since Bartok's music is not at all shocking by modern standards. Its harmonies are less shocking than the average score for a family film. It's about time Bartok got the recognition he deserves. Stravinsky, Debussy and Schoenberg are usually credited with managing to break down Romanticism, and sowing the seeds for 20th century music, but, in fact, Bartok ought to be listed as a 4th member of this ...  Read the complete review

Don't Write Him Off (145 words)
by - written on 30/06/00
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A lot of people think of Bartok's music as being unlistenable and harsh. Don't take other people's word for it. Go and listen to Bartok yourself, and take the context of his music into account. Bartok believed that every progression in music is based on music of the past. It's interesting to note that much of Bartok's music is based on Folk music, the music of his Hungarian culture. The rhythms are complex, the harmonies challenging, and the overall sound is rough and ready, in the spirit of jolly peasant-like dances. If you're unsure where to start with Bartok, go for his 5 Rumanian Folk Dances, played on ...  Read the complete review

 

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