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This book examines the impact place and displacement can have on the composition and interpretation of Western art music, using as its primary objects of study the work of István Anhalt (1919-) and György Kurtág (1926-), composers of Hungarian origin whose careers followed radically different paths.

During the 20th century, electronic technology enabled the explosive development of new tools for the production, performance, dissemination and conservation of music. The era of the mechanical reproduction of music has opened up new perspectives, which have contributed to the revitalisation of the performer¿s role and the concept of music as pe

This introduction provides students and scholars with the information and skills they need when studying composers' sketches.

This introduction provides students and scholars with the skills they need to begin on research projects involving the study of composers' working documents. It includes numerous illustrations of original manuscripts and autographs and a selection of detailed case studies, which explore how sketches were created and the techniques involved.

It is generally stated that 1956, the year of Gyorgy Ligeti's emigration from Hungary, marked a clear break in his stylistic development. But it was Ligeti himself who asserted that already 1950 was the point at which he began to imagine and work towards what has since become his widely recognised 'personal style'. Bartók, dodecaphonic technique, Stravinsky and the work of the Hungarian poet Sándor Weores run like interwoven threads throughout...

Examines the impact place and displacement can have on the composition and interpretation of Western art music, using as its primary objects of study the work of Istvan Anhalt and Gyorgy Kurtag.