Bartók's Viola Concerto

""Maurice's study opens a window into the deeper levels of Bartok's musical processes and thought. Its strength also lies in its detailed documentation and musical insight into the problems surrounding the accurate determination of the compositional parameters as well as the publication and performance rights of such a work left incomplete by the composer...Donald Maurice's book is an important addition to the field of Bartok research. It can be recommended to all who deal with the multiplicity of issues related to Bartok studies, general musicological studies of the compositional process (sketches, drafts, revisions), performance practice, history of the concerto genre, and other issues pertaining to practical and scholarly questions."" --Music and Letters ""Devoted entirely to the Bartók Viola Concerto, Donald Maurice's rich and fascinating book, Bartók's Viola Concerto, is the result of more than 20 years of research and study.""--Strings ""Thoroughly researched and fascinating book""--The Strad ""I will tell you now that Maurice's book on the Bartók Viola Concerto is the most important work pertaining to the viola since the 1998 release of The Anthology of British Viola Players compiled by John White. This book in essence is the synthesis of Donald Maurice's eighteen years research on every meaningful aspect of the concerto he could identify.""--Dwight Pounds, Journal of the American Viola Society ""Violists and music scholars have reason to be greatly indebted to Dr. Maurice and to Oxford University Press for an intriguing and definitive revelation of the genesis of the world's most performed viola concerto. After twenty years of research the author presents information hitherto unknown about the concerto itself, a surprising revelation about its true first performance, and his meticulous analytical comparison of the three editions...Bartók's Viola Concerto holds an appeal and fascination for a wide range of readers. The benevolent treatment of all personalities provides interest for the humanist; the perceptive and highly analytical comparisons of the three current versions of the concerto (Serly, Erdélyi and Maurice) should enlighten and intrigue the theoretician; and the generous references and facsimiles of correspondence will inform the musicologist.""--Ralph Aldrich, Journal of the Canadian Viola Society ""Maurice's study opens a window into the deeper levels of Bartok's musical processes and thought. Its strength also lies in its detailed documentation and musical insight into the problems surrounding the accurate determination of the compositional parameters as well as the publication and performance rights of such a work left incomplete by the composer...Donald Maurice's book is an important addition to the field of Bartok research. It can be recommended to all who deal with the multiplicity of issues related to Bartok studies, general musicological studies of the compositional process (sketches, drafts, revisions), performance practice, history of the concerto genre, and other issues pertaining to practical and scholarly questions."" --Music and Letters ""Devoted entirely to the Bartók Viola Concerto, Donald Maurice's rich and fascinating book, Bartók's Viola Concerto, is the result of more than 20 years of research and study.""--Strings ""Maurice has provided a service for violists and Bartók aficionados--and for composers, the book can serve as a cautionary tale about the fate of unfinished works.""--BBC Music ""Thoroughly researched and fascinating book""--The Strad ""I will tell you now that Maurice's book on the Bartók Viola Concerto is the most important work pertaining to the viola since the 1998 release of The Anthology of British Viola Players compiled by John White. This book in essence is the synthesis of Donald Maurice's eighteen years research on every meaningful aspect of the concerto he could identify.""--Dwight Pounds, Journal of the American Viola Society ""Violists and music scholars have reason to be greatly indebted to Dr. Maurice and to Oxford University Press for an intriguing and definitive revelation of the genesis of the world's most performed viola concerto. After twenty years of research the author presents information hitherto unknown about the concerto itself, a surprising revelation about its true first performance, and his meticulous analytical comparison of the three editions...Bartók's Viola Concerto holds an appeal and fascination for a wide range of readers. The benevolent treatment of all personalities provides interest for the humanist; the perceptive and highly analytical comparisons of the three current versions of the concerto (Serly, Erdélyi and Maurice) should enlighten and intrigue the theoretician; and the generous references and facsimiles of correspondence will inform the musicologist.""--Ralph Aldrich, Journal of the Canadian Viola Society