Redefining Hungarian Music from Liszt to Bartok Economics motivations of the main actors

motivations of the main actors and agencies involved

four of them previously unpublished

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Michael Sheringham identifies sixteen key autobiographical texts and situates them in the context of an evolving set of challenges and problems

Redefining Hungarian Music from Liszt to Bartok Economics motivations of the main actorsSome of the most popular works of nineteenth century music were labeled either "Hungarian" or "Gypsy" in style, including many of the best known and least respected of Liszt's compositions. In the early twentieth century, Bla Bartk and his colleagues questioned not only the Hungarianness but also the good taste of that style. Bartk argued that it should be discarded in favor of a national style based in the "genuine" folk music of the rural peasantry.