Class 1:
Listen to:
Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960)
Concert Etudes, op. 28,
no. 3, no. 6
(1916)
Variations on a Hungarian
Folk Song, op. 29 (1916)
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
from 14 Bagatelles, op. 6
(1908), nos. 1-3.
3 Etudes, op. 18
(1918)
Improvisations on
Hungarian Peasant Songs, op. 20 (1920)
Compare the Dohnanyi Etudes to the Bartok Etudes. Compare the
Dohnanyi Variations to the Bartok Improvisations. How does Bartok
incorporate Hungarian elements in his music? How does his
method/stylistic development differ from Dohnanyi's? In bald terms, how
would characterize their respective styles in this period (before 1921)?
Class 2:
Part II: Listen to Bartok:
Sonata (1926)How does this music relate to/derive from the music looked at last class (in his Hungarian period, if you will)?
Out of Doors (1926)