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Tag Archives: Bartok pupil

Irén Marik: a fragment hunt

  After 9/11 I panicked over having the only known copies of Irén Marik’s 100+ hour archive and began to … Continue reading →

Posted Dec 02, 2019 by arbiterrecords | Category: Blog | Tagged: Aladar Toth, Allegro Barbaro, Annie Fischer, Arthur Koestler, Bartók, Bartok pupil, Beethoven, Beethoven Sonata Op. 28, Budapest, Chopin Ballade Op. 38, Chopin Sonata Op. 35, circus music, Czerny, Dezso Ranki, Etelka Freund, Evelyn Eaton, Gyorgy Sandor, Ilona Kabos, Irén Marik, Lili Kraus, Prokofiev, Romanian Dance No. 1, Schumann, Schumann Etudes Symphoniques, Severin Eisenberger, Sweet Briar College, Zoltan Kocsis | 1 Comment

Bartók exploring Transylvania.

  When a grandiose culture encounters a “lesser” one in its midst, the potential for something remarkable arises. One instance … Continue reading →

Posted Dec 18, 2017 by arbiterrecords | Category: Blog | Tagged: Armenians, Bartok pupil, Béla Bartók, Budapest, California, Edison cylinders, Evelyn Eaton, field recordings, folk music, Germans, Greeks, Gypsies, Hungarian ethnomusicology, Hungarians, Huzuls, Independence, Irén Marik, Jews, Mongols, Romanian Folk Dances, Romanians, Steinway piano, Transylvania, Turks, Ukrainians, UNESCO, Western Classical Music | 2 Comments

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