Bartók: From Opposing Ethnic Cleansing to Inventing Ethnomusicology
Schedule
Tue Mar 04 2025 at 05:30 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts | Boone, NC
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FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:Join us for two talks and a listening workshop on TUESDAY, MARCH 4th from 5:30-7:00 p.m. in room 1102 of the Turchin Center, located at 423 West King Street in Boone.
This event will help participants understand and appreciate the legacy of Bartók and other classical musicians who resisted antisemitism and fascism in the 1930s and 40s.
The classical composer Béla Bartók is perhaps most famous in the music world for having incorporated elements of folk music into his work, a practice that earned him the title of “father of ethnomusicology.” However, attitudes of ethnic elitism in Occupied Europe made it difficult for his projects to flourish there. Bartók became an outspoken critic of antisemitic laws in Hungary and fled to the US during World War II.
Guest speakers include faculty members Amy Hudnall (Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies), Jacob Kopcienski (Musicology), and Darci Gardner (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures).
This event is free and open to the public. It is the kickoff event of a three-part series titled, “Bridging the Divide between Classical Music and Folk Traditions: Béla Bartók’s Legacy,” organized by High Country Humanities with the support of a grant from North Carolina Humanities.
Attendees may use the College Street parking deck next to Belk Library free of charge from 5:00 pm until the end of the event.
For more information, visit hchumanities.appstate.edu.
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Where is it happening?
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, 453 W King St, Boone, NC 28607-3523, United States,Boone, North CarolinaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
