| FB-52812-06 | Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Edward Gollin | The Music of Béla Bartók and the Transformation of Tonality | 7/1/2006 - 6/30/2007 | $40,000.00 | Edward | | Gollin | | | | Presidents and Trustees of Williams College | Williamstown | MA | 01267-2600 | USA | 2005 | Music History and Criticism | Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 |
I am writing for a fellowship to support research and the writing of a book titled “Béla Bartók and the Transformation of Tonality.” The project centers upon questions of how Bartók’s early-period mature works (music written ca. 1905–1920) interact with and are informed by the tonal tradition of the nineteenth century, exploring how the works--generally considered ‘post-tonal’ or ‘atonal’--represent extensions of that tonal tradition. The study will also address the larger issue of the relation between tonality, atonality and transitional music of the twentieth-century. The project will examine Bartók’s early music from analytical, historical, and cultural/ethnomusicological perspectives. |