Ernő Lendvai

Ernő Lendvai (February 6, 1925 – January 31, 1993) was one of the first music theorists to write on the appearance of the golden section and Fibonacci series and how these are implemented in Bartók's music.[1] He also formulated the axis system, acoustic scale and alpha chord.

Ernő Lendvai
Born	February 6, 1925 Kaposvár, Somogy County
Died	January 31, 1993 (aged 67) Budapest
Nationality	Hungarian

Lendvai was married to the pianist Erzsébet Tusa, and together they moved to Szombathely in 1949 to run a local music school.[2]

Selected works

In Hungarian

• Szimmetria a zenében (Kodály Intézet, 1994)
• Verdi and Wagner (Bartók and the 19th century) (Kahn & Averill, 1988)
• Verdi és a 20. század: A Falstaff hangzás-dramaturgiája (Zeneműkiadó, 1984)
• Polimodális kromatika (Kodály Zoltán Zenepedagógiai Intézet, 1980)
• Bartók és Kodály harmóniavilága (Zeneműkiadó, 1975)
• Bartók Dramaturgiája (Zeneműkiadó Vállalat, Budapest, 1964)

In German

• Bartók's Dichterische Welt (Akkord Music Publishers, 2001)
• Lendvai, Ernő (1972), "Einführung in die Formen- und Harmoniewelt Bartóks (1953)", in Szabolcsi, Bence (ed.), Béla Bartók, Weg und Werk, Schriften und Briege (in German), Kassel: Bärenreiter, OCLC 750457462CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

In English

• Lendvai, Ernő (1971), Béla Bartók: An Analysis of His Music, Introduction by Alan Bush, London: Kahn & Averill, ISBN 9780900707049, OCLC 240301CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Bartók's Style (Akkord Music Publishers, 1999)
• Verdi and Wagner (Bartók and the 19th century) (Kahn & Averill, 1988)
• The workshop of Bartók and Kodály (Editio Musica, 1983)
• Bartók and Kodály (Institute for Culture, 1980)

Notes and references

1. Lendvai 1971.
2. "History of the Savaria Symphony Orchestra". Archived from the original on June 24, 2006. Retrieved 2012-11-27.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)