After the storm the American exile of Béla Bartók

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Date
1989
Summary
The 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, and 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.
Contributors
Sturrock, Donald; Sándor, György 1912-2005; Bársony, László 1946; Lukács, Ervin; Solti, Georg 1912-1997; Bartók, Béla 1881-1945
Publishers
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Magyar Rádió és Televízió Szimfonikus Zenekara; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service; Magyar Rádió és Televízió; Portobello Productions; SEPT (Television station : France); Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Subjects
Performing Arts, Music; Music; Performing Arts; Composers Hungary Biography
Locations
North America; United States; New Jersey
Collection
Films@UM
Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
Physical Description
75 minutes; color
Notes
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
Creation/Production Credits
"Bartók's letters read by Bob Peck." Photography, János Illés, Keith Hopper.
Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-090279; Fedora 2 PID: umd:2000; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/1119; OCLC: ocm44602070; Catalog Key: alephsys002863489; Catalog Key: FFH 10325

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