Tanulságok és ösztönzések
Lessons and Inspirations

Remarks on Ferenc László’s Bartók-research

Summary/Abstract: Ferenc László is considered the foremost specialist regarding Béla Bartók’s relations with Transylvania and Romania. His eight Bartók-volumes and four editions of Bartók studies written by a collective of authors mostly living in Romania are works of fundamental importance in the Hungarian and Romanian Bartók literature. A determining principle of his research is the aspiration toward a more and more precise and subtle cognition, therefore he continually revised and rectified his ideas in his writings. On the other hand, he was eager to observe the new outcomes of the Bartók research and usually drew attention to certain gaps, or new problems and tasks generated by the latest investigations. The author of this essay, junior research fellow of the Budapest Bartók Archives, examines Ferenc László’s works from the standpoint of her own Bartók investigations; examples selected from László’s achievements on the field of “epistology” and manuscript research are here to present, in what manner his example becomes point of departure or inspires further inquiry.

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