Erich Doflein News
German musicologist and editor (1900-1977)
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- musicologist, editor, university teacher
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2016-02-08 13:00:00
Lebrecht CD of the Week - Bartók: 44 Duos (Decca)
Sarah and Deborah Nemtanu - Bartók: 44 Duos (Decca) 4/5 stars It has been an age since I looked to my shelves for a work by a major composer and found that, after 40 years of building a library, I don’t have it. Nor, so far as I recall, have I ever heard it, either in concert or on radio (though a few recordings do exist). The 44 duos were written by Béla Bartók in 1931 on commission from a German violinist, Erich Doflein, who wanted to use them as teaching aids in his studio. Easy money, you’d think. But Bartók, being Bartók, couldn’t write a dull phrase. The four books of exercises for two violins are filled with the most scintillating ideas and tunes, many drawn from Hungarian folklore, others combusting with instant inspiration. Not one of them sounds remotely like the kind of manual exercises Czerny wrote […]
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