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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 February 2010
The word ‘revolution’ is often misused in connection with contemporary music. Every composer who writes some kind of new music is called a revolutionary musician by many people. Let us now examine the exact meaning of revolution. According to dictionaries, the term denotes reversal of conditions, fundamental change. In other words, it is a destruction of all that existed before and a beginning anew, a start from nothing.
page 6 note 1 There is an indication in Bartók's notes for a demonstration here.
page 7 note 1 A pencilled note between paragraphs reads ‘Do they know (Les Noces) it?’.
page 7 note 2 A note here indicates that the works are to be listed,