"In a performance setting, there can be no monologues. Every note, every breath, each moment sends messages between musician and listener. To ignore this two-way flow of feeling and meaning is to relinquish artistry for ego-gratification. "
Key Works
1908
String Quartet
No.1
1911
Allegro barbaro
for piano
1917
Ballet,The Wooden Prince
String Quartet
No.2
1918
Opera,Duke Bluebeard's Castle
1919
Ballet,The Miraculous Mandarin
1923
Dance Suite
for orchestra
1926
Out of Doors
for piano
Piano Concerto
No.1
1927
String Quartet
No.3
1928
String Quartet
No.4
1931
Piano Concerto
No.2
1934
String Quartet
No.5
1936
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
1937
Sonata
for 2 pianos and percussion (later orchestrated)
