After the storm : the American exile of Béla Bartók /
The great Hungarian composer Béla Bartók spent the last five years of his life as a man without a country, a refugee from war-torn Europe. He spent these years, 1940-45, in the United States, where few people understood the greatness of his genius. This film tells the story of these years. Include...
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| Language: | English Hungarian |
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West Long Branch, N.J. :
Kultur,
[200-?], c1989
West Long Branch, N.J. : [2008] |
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| Summary: | The great Hungarian composer Béla Bartók spent the last five years of his life as a man without a country, a refugee from war-torn Europe. He spent these years, 1940-45, in the United States, where few people understood the greatness of his genius. This film tells the story of these years. Includes excerpts from Bartók's music performed by György Sándor, piano, László Bársony, viola, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ervin Lukács, Sir Georg Solti, and the Chicago Symphony conducted by Sir Georg Solti The great Hungarian composer Béla Bartók spent the last five years of his life as a man without a country, a refugee from war-torn Europe. He spent these years, 1940-45, in the United States, where few people understood the greatness of his genius. This film tells the story of these years. Includes excerpts from Bartók's music performed by György Sándor, piano, László Bársony, viola, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ervin Lukács and Sir Georg Solti |
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| Item Description: | Biographical documentary Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989 Title from opening frames |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (76 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in 1 videodisc (approximately 75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Format: | DVD DVD, NTSC ; 4:3 full screen ; Dolby 2.0 sound |
| Production Credits: | Photography, János Illés, Keith Hopper ; film editors, Malcolm Daniel, Andrea Dickinson Photography, János Illés, Keith Hopper ; film editors, Malcolm Daniel, Andrea Dickinson ; executive producers, Dennis Marks, Eric Abraham & Laszlo Banki |
| ISBN: | 0769787568 9780769787565 |