The "new Hungarian art music" of Béla Bartók and its relation to certain Fibonacci series and golden section structures

dc.contributor.advisorStorojev, Nikita, 1950-en
dc.contributor.advisorAntokoletz, Elliotten
dc.creatorOubre, Larry Allen, 1955-en
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-10T14:21:24Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:23:12Z
dc.date.available2011-08-10T14:21:24Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:23:12Z
dc.date.issued2006-05en
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractBéla Bartók (1881-1945), a Hungarian composer and pianist, began his folk song investigations in 1905-6, which were to change the course of his compositional development. The results of these journeys are seen in his early folk song settings: for instance the Eight Hungarian Folk Songs (1907-1917) and Bluebeard’s Castle (1911). These works, among others, are part of this study. The first chapter discusses the Bagatelles (1908) and many folk song settings. The chapter looks at the formal proportions determined by the Golden Section and Fibonacci Series. Chapter two discusses the contrapuntal procedures that were influenced by these proportions. Next a long discussion of the use of various pitch collections and devices in the compositions tries to determine the relation between Golden Section proportions and z-cells, x-cells and other pitch collections in the 20 Hungarian Folk Songs (1929), Eight Hungarian Folk Songs (1907-1917) and Music for String Instrument, Percussion and Celeste (1936). The opera is the focus of the next chapter with the proportions of Golden Section and the many related numerical values of the Fibonacci Series. The last chapter discusses the “new chromaticism” of the “New Hungarian Art Music” and the unique relationship of the opera Bluebeard’s Castle and the Cantata Profane (1930).
dc.description.departmentMusicen
dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/12977en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en
dc.subjectBartók, Béla, 1881-1945en
dc.subjectFibonacci numbersen
dc.subjectGolden sectionen
dc.titleThe "new Hungarian art music" of Béla Bartók and its relation to certain Fibonacci series and golden section structuresen

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