Biographies, Classical Composers, Béla Bartók

Frigyesi's work is a tour-de-force that in a single volume attempts (and to this reviewer's mind largely succeeds) to present the frame of mind and character of a whole generation of Hungarians... — Washington Times More…

Erno Lendvai is a Bartok specialist of the highest order...a theorist of genius — Tempo More…

True to the ethos of contemporary musicology, Palazzetti worries away at the parallelisms between the work of composers and the lives lived within cultures [...]. The very particular specifics... — Musical Times More…

Suchoff's survey is valuable precisely because it is so compact. Placing summaries of the various ethnic musics Bartok studied in one place allows the reader to see how much Bartok's criteria... — Ethnomusicology (Journal) More…

David Cooper offers a rounded, all-encompassing portrait of the man and the musician in this authoritative biography — Stringendo More…

Emphasis on Bartok's studies in folk song and folklore pervades all three sections, making the volume...valuable to those in ethnomusicology — Choice More…