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Tag Archives: UNESCO

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

A cellist summons the Mongols

  When a cello plays you expect its low range to provide a buttress that stabilizes its highest singing registers that copy operatic and … Continue reading →

Posted Jul 31, 2016 by arbiterrecords | Category: Blog | Tagged: Arnold Dreyblatt, Beethoven, Berlin Philharmonic, Buddhist chant, cello, Cello Suite in D major, Chopin, Curtis Institute of Music, Felix Salmond, Gyimes, Irén Marik, J. S. Bach, Jack Bruce, Marin de Marais, Mongolian horsehead fiddle, morin huur, Pablo Casals, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Silk Route, Tibor de Machula, UNESCO, violoncello | 4 Comments

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