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BARTÓK,
Béla, 1881-1945
Concerto
for Viola and Orchestra. Facsimile of the
Autograph Draft,
with an Introduction by
Laszlo Somfai. Preface by Peter Bartók. New Fair Copy of the
Autograph by Nelson
Dellamaggiore.
[Concerto,
viola, orchestra, draft]
 detail
of page
Homosassa,
1995. 28
x 40 cm, 16 facs, 80 pp.
Full-color facsimile of the composing (short)
score written in 1944 in New York (and Saranac Lake), which, along with
the Third Piano
Concerto, is the composer’s last work. The concerto, a commission of
the violist William
Primrose, although “complete”, was not scored by Bartók (the
composer referred to its
orchestration as “mechanical work”), and surely many details and
modifications would have
occurred when he transferred the composition onto the final score
paper. That task was later
completed by Tibor Serly. With this facsimile we can finally answer the
question, how much is
Bartók, and what details come from Serly. With preface by Peter
Bartók and commentary
provided in Eng-Hung-Ger-Jap-Sp. Hardbound in black, with gold
lettering. Special OMI price
(reg. $100). $80 (see
listing of other 20th-century works)
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