The Instrumental Concerto in 20th Century Music

Abstract

The merit of having recognized the ascending direction of the development of professional Hungarian music and the way in which it attains universality significance, and permanence belongs equally to Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, who, in the first half of the 20th century, going beyond the confines of urban folk and lute music, researched peasant music of the most authentic nature, which they incorporated into their cultivated musical works using their own means and styles, thus contributing to the creation and strong flourishing of Hungarian national musical culture. The Violin Concerto, written between 1961-62, represents a reference creation in the work of Kamilló Lendvay, standing out in the creation of the 20th century as a piece characterized by an innovative language, with folkloric valences, elements of orchestration, melodic-rhythmic and harmonic vigor that is remarkable.