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Béla Viktor János Bartók (/ ˈ b eɪ l ə ˈ b ɑːr t ɒ k /; Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈbɒrtoːk]; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest composers. [1]
Mar 29, 2024 · Béla Bartók was a Hungarian composer, pianist, ethnomusicologist, and teacher, noted for the Hungarian flavour of his major musical works, which include orchestral works, string quartets, piano solos, several stage works, a cantata, and a number of settings of folk songs for voice and piano.
- Halsey Stevens
Béla Bartók, the great Hungarian composer, was one of the most significant musicians of the twentieth century. He shared with his friend Zoltán Kodály, another leading Hungarian composer, a passion for ethnomusicology.
- Emily Mace
Béla Bartók, photograph by Fritz Reiner. Béla Bartók, (born March 25, 1881, Nagyszentmiklós, Hung., Austria-Hungary—died Sept. 26, 1945, New York, N.Y., U.S.), Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He was an accomplished pianist at an early age.
Béla Bartók is most famous for his piano compositions which included the Sonata for Two Pianos and percussion (1937), the Violin Concerto No. 2 (1938), the Piano Concertos No.1 and No.2, and the Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (1936).
- March 25, 1881
- September 26, 1945
- Who is Béla Bartók?Béla Bartók was a Hungarian born Composer and Pianist. Often considered one of the most important composers of the 20th Century, both he and Franz...
- Where is Béla Bartók from?Béla Bartók was born in Nagyszentmiklós in what was formerly Hungary on the 25th March 1881. However he later moved with his mother and sister to l...
- How do you pronounce Béla Bartók?The correct way to pronounce Béla Bartók is ‘bee-la bar-tok‘
- What instruments did Béla Bartók play?Béla Bartók’s parents were both amateur musicians and they taught him to play both the drums and piano from a very young age. Béla excelled at pian...
- How did Béla Bartók die?Béla Bartók died in September 1945, in New York City, aged 64 from complications of leukemia. Bartók’s body was initially interred in New York, how...
Under the guise of complex art music, composer and ethnomusicologist Béla Bartók brought Hungarian peasant culture into the concert halls of Europe. “There is not much genuine interest anywhere in the world towards this branch of musical science,” Bartók wrote in 1921 as he reflected despondently on his extensive studies of Eastern ...
A reluctant revolutionary who tried to adapt the natural rhythms and phrasing of ancient Hungarian folksongs to mainstream classical music, or a subversive reactionary who all but brought the Western tradition to its knees? Whatever your opinion, there has never been another composer like Béla Bartók
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