Research Catalog

Title

Form, monothematicism, variation and symmetry in Bela Bartok's string quartets / Reijo Jyrkiäinen.

Author

Jyrkiäinen, Reijo.

Publication

Helsinki : University of Helsinki, 2012.

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Details

Description

xii, 375 pages : fig., music; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Studia musicologica Universitatis Helsingiensis, 0787-4294 ; 22

Uniform Title

Studia musicologica Universitatis Helsingiensis ; 22.

Subjects

• Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945 > Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello
• Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945 > Criticism and interpretation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Abstract -- Preface -- Introduction : Research subject and research problem : Form ; Monothematicism ; Variation ; Symmetry -- Earlier Bartók research ; Theoretical background and research methods ; Overview of the study -- The string quartet: how the genre took shape : Historical background ; Haydn-Mozart-Beethoven ; From the 1800s to Bartók's contemporaries ; Development over two centuries -- Bartok's starting points : Musical tradition and sources of inspiration : Folk music ; Legacy of Beethoven ; Immediate predecessors and contemporaries -- The first compositions 1889-1907 ; Establishing of the mature style 1908-1911 -- The first quartet: reflections from the late romantics : First movement: Lento : Form ; Analysis -- Second movement: Allegretto : Form ; Analysis -- Third movement: Introduzione: Allegro-allegro vivace : Form ; Analysis -- General form and results of the analysis ; Years of the extension 1911-1924 -- The second quartet: folk-music influences on mature style : First movement: Moderato : Form ; Analysis -- Second movement: Allegro molto capriccioso : Form ; Analysis -- Third movement: Lento : Form ; Analysis -- General form and results of the analysis ; Classical middle period 1926-1937 -- The third quartet: Transition from the old to the new : Prima parte: moderato : Form ; Analysis -- Seconda parte: Allegro : Form ; Analysis -- Ricapitulazione della prima parte: Moderato : Form ; Analysis -- Coda: Allegro molto : Form ; Analysis -- General form and results of the analysis -- The fourth quartet: symmetry based on the core motive : First movement: Allegro : Form ; Analysis -- Second movement: Prestissimo, con sordino : Form ; Analysis -- Third movement: Non troppo lento : Form ; Analysis -- Fourth movement: Allegretto pizzicato : Form ; Analysis -- Fifth movement: Allegro molto : Form ; Analysis -- General form and results of the analysis -- The fifth quartet: Palindromic forms : First movement: Allegro : Form ; Analysis -- Second movement: Adagio molto : Form ; Analysis -- Third movement: Scherzo: Alla bulgarese : Form ; Analysis -- Fourth movement: Andante : Form ; Analysis -- Fifth movement: Finale: Allegro vivace : Form ; Analysis -- General form and results of the analysis ; Last works 1938-1945 -- The sixth quartet: return to the old within a new general form : First movement: Mesto-Vivace : Form ; Analysis -- Second movement: Mesto-Marcia : Form ; Analysis -- Third movement: Mesto-Burletta : Form ; Analysis -- Fourth movement: Mesto : Form ; Analysis -- General form and results of the analysis -- Bartók's quartets: Conclusions : Form ; Monothematicism ; Variation ; Symmetry -- Research material and sources : Note sources ; Literature -- Appendix : Glossary of abbreviations, basic terms, and markings ; Catalogue of Bartók's works ; Pitch-class sets.

Call Number

JMF 14-91

ISBN

• 9789521080401 (pbk.)
• 952108040X (pbk.)

OCLC

839241481

Author

Jyrkiäinen, Reijo.

Title

Form, monothematicism, variation and symmetry in Bela Bartok's string quartets / Reijo Jyrkiäinen.

Imprint

Helsinki : University of Helsinki, 2012.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studia musicologica Universitatis Helsingiensis, 0787-4294 ; 22

Studia musicologica Universitatis Helsingiensis ; 22.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Research Call Number

JMF 14-91