Bartók and the Grotesque
Download or Read eBook Bartók and the Grotesque PDF written by Julie A. Brown and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Julie A. Brown |
| Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 204 |
| Release | : 2007-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0754657779 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780754657774 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Bartók and the Grotesque by : Julie A. Brown
Book excerpt: In Bluebeard's Castle (1911), The Wooden Prince (1916/17), The Miraculous Mandarin (1919/24, rev. 1931) and Cantata Profana (1930), Bartók engaged scenarios featuring either overtly grotesque bodies or closely related transformations and violations of the body. In this book, Julie Brown argues that Bartók's concerns with stylistic hybridity (high-low, East-West, tonal-atonal-modal), the body, and the grotesque are inter-connected. All three were thoroughly implicated in cultural constructions of the Modern during the period in which Bartók was composing.
