In Reply to: The Ascendancy of Bartok posted by Amphissa on March 14, 2011 at 07:25:45:
William Austin, in his seminal book "Music in the 20th Century" (Norton, 1966) considers the four "pillars" of this era to be: Bartok, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and believe it or not, American jazz.
Bartok is chosen for the originality and modernity of his harmonic idiom, which is traceable to the Eastern European folk music that he and Kodaly collected.
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- For what it's worth... - C.B. 08:37:14 03/14/11 (0)