PISCES by David Nez

 



 

a little bird: see Song No. 43 of Bela Bartok, Hungarian Folk Music, trans. M. D. Calvocoressi (London: Oxford University Press, 1931), appendix p. 11, and text, p. 116.

ship of sadness: see Song No. 59 of Bela Bartok, Hungarian Folk Music, trans. M. D. Calvocoressi (London: Oxford University Press, 1931), appendix p. 16, and text, p. 119

old age is a shoddy coat: see Song No. 551 of Bela Bartok, Rumanian Folk Music, vol. 2, Vocal Melodies, ed. Benjamin Suchoff (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1967), 603. The corresponding Text No. 633 can be found in volume 3, Texts, 263.

shaking leaves: see Song No. 95d of Bela Bartok, Rumanian Folk Music, vol. 2, Vocal Melodies, ed. Benjamin Suchoff (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1967), 172. The corresponding Text No. 630 can be found in volume 3, Texts, 261.

from Istanbul I sailed: see Song No. 15 of Bela Bartok, Turkish Folk Music from Asia Minor, ed. Benjamin Suchoff (Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univerity Press, 1976), pp. 92-3, and text, p. 225. For further commentary, see A. Adnan Saygun, Bela Bartok's Folk Music Research in Turkey (Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1976).

I was gold, but now am dust: see Song No. 14 of Bela Bartok, Turkish Folk Music from Asia Minor, ed. Benjamin Suchoff (Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univerity Press, 1976), p. 91, and text, p. 225. For further commentary, see A. Adnan Saygun, Bela Bartok's Folk Music Research in Turkey (Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1976).