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GOLDEH SECTIONA thought of Bartók presents itself as a motto: "V/e are guided by nature in composition." The question involuntarily arises here whether Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven were not guided by nature in composition. Where does the main difference between a characteristic Mozart theme and a...

PREFACE I wrote this book in remittance of a threefold debt: (1) Verdi's music attracted me for much the same reasons as Bartók's — its impact is as powerful as that of folk music itself. Verdi's work always stood before me like an unknown fortress which one day had to be stormed. (2) It is...