po PERL ER TEREST TTT Béla Bartok An analysis of his music By Erné Lendvai With an introduction by Alan Bush KAHN & AVERILL LondonooDUSEUEEE LILI bobbbbbebedt eds Introduction ‘The publication of this study ofthe music of Béla Bart isan important event. Many descriptive analyses of particular works ‘of his have appeared, but here forthe fist time in the English language isan authoritative and convincing exposition of the theoretical principles which the composer worked out for himself but refrained, as far as is known, from expounding to anyone during his lifetime, either in writing oF by word of mouth. Thus we owe both the author and the publisher 2 Sincere debt. ‘Mr. Eené Lendvai has disclosed the fact that Béla Bart, i his early tirtis,evelved for himself a method of integrating all the elements of musi the scales, the chordal structures with the relodie moti appropriate to them, together with the-pro- portions of length as between movements in a whole work, main divisions within a movement such as exposition, develop- ‘ment and recapitulation and even balancing phrases within sections of movements, according to one single basic principle, that ofthe Golden Section. Some such mathematical proportion was frst proposed ae an acthetic principle by Chaldeans intheFit pbs in again 197 by Copyright © Brad Lena 1971 Masia example ar quoted by Kind perminon of Boney & Haves Lad fe Ale A Kelme Ltd (Univer Eton), ‘The publdes would like fo than Ate Orga fr his asitace ia the proprnon of he mai cramps Printed Great ai by ‘Thomas Nokon (Pints) Le London and Eins ‘SBN gpo707 a4 6 Contents "Fie hae ‘Geen Sion iba Series ‘Giromats Stem Avpedic tL Appendi IL