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Bartok and Ethnomusicology: fiddle music in the
ethnomusicological and compositional output of Béla Bartók
by Agnes Kory
SUMMARY: Alongside folk songs, Béla Bartók also recorded and notated a
vast body of instrumental folk music on his field trips. Of the instrumental
melodies at least 600 account for fiddle music. Bartók diligently transcribed,
grouped and classified all fiddle melodies.
Inevitably, fiddle music influenced some of Bartók's compositions. I shall summarize
Bartók's vast ethnomusicological work and I shall present available data and
some music examples for fiddle music in Bartók's compositions.
CV:
Hungarian-born Agnes Kory is the founder and
director of the Béla Bartók Centre
for Musicianship, London, where specialised
music studies including performance skills are offered and scholarship
is fostered. The
Béla Bartók Centre for Musicianship (BBCM) offers comprehensive music education
for amateurs and children of all ages (from 20 months old toddlers to
postgraduate students) as well as provides training courses for professional
musicians.
Agnes Kory was principal cellist with the Royal Ballet (1970-72),
cellist with the English National Opera (1974-87) and she gave solo- and
chamber music recitals (cello, baroque cello, tenor-violin). Agnes Kory
conducted choral and instrumental concerts and led study trips to Budapest,
Bayreuth and St. Petersburg.
E-mail: agnes.kory@kcl.ac.uk