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The grotesque is one of art's most puzzling figures-transgressive, comprising an unresolveable hybrid, generally focussing on the human body, full of hyperbole, and ultimately semantically deeply puzzling.
The Új Magyar Zene Egyesülete (UMZE) (New Hungarian Music Society) was formed in early 1911 and included Bartók as a leader in promoting modern music and new Hungarian composers and their works, among others. Although the Society only... more
האופרה "טירתו של הרוזן כחול-הזקן" של ברטוק היא אבן דרך ביצירתו של המלחין ובהיסטוריית האופרה. היא תוצאה של שיתוף פעולה בינו לבין הכותב והמחזאי בלה בלאש, והושלמה ב-1911. הבכורה התקיימה מספר שנים מאוחר יותר, ב-1918. בסמינר זה, ארצה לבחון... more
This article argues that music, and in particular the history of music, can make a considerable contribution to the study of nations and nationalism and illustrates it by analysing Be´la Barto´k and Igor Stravinsky, relating these... more
Dear Sir, I was somewhat dismayed to find Oliver Rudland describing the music of eighteen leading composers active around 1900 as inspired by ‘nationalism’ (‘Our loss of faith made music mute’, Critique, March 2015). The claim that... more