Browse: Biographies, Classical Composers, Béla Bartók

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…

Adds important material to the slim library of English-language studies of Bartok's achievements — The New York Times More…

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

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…

As a series, Phaidon's 20th Century Composers has brought remarkable variety and a welter of information, both necessary and delightfully trivial. Intended both for the general reader and for... — The Scotsman More…

Maurice not only presents us with a very clearly documented account of this important work, but evokes warm, human glimpses of all the protagonists ... This fascinating book will stir violists... — Stringendo More…