Béla Bartók Background, Music Facts, and Group Influences

Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer . Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of ethnomusicology. Béla Bartók was born in the small Banatian town of Nagyszentmiklós in the Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary on March 25, 1881. Bartók's family reflected some of the ethno-cultural diversities of the country. His father, Béla Sr., considered...
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quick facts

Birthdate:	March 25, 1881
Birthplace:	Sânnicolau Mare
Date of death:	September 26, 1945
Career ended:	1945
Education:	Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest
Also known as:	Bela Bartok, Bartok, Bela (1881-1945), Béla Bartok

Béla Bartók Image Gallery

B la Bart k in 1927	B la Bart k memorial plaque in Baja, Hungary
Bart k on his high school graduation	B la Bart k on 1000 Hungarian forint banknote (1983, no longer used).

Written works by Béla Bartók

Prince Bluebeard's castle
Bluebeard's Castle Vocal Score
String Quartet No. 1. m.s
Musique de la vie
Serbo-Croatian folk songs

Title
Prince Bluebeard's castle
Bluebeard's Castle Vocal Score
String Quartet No. 1. m.s
Musique de la vie
Serbo-Croatian folk songs
Bartok Sketches Op.9
timid soul's approach to Bartok
Out of doors
Selected Works
Sonata No. 1
Rumanian Folk Music Volume 5
Yugoslav Folk Music
Bartók-breviárium
Bela Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra
Kocsis Plays Bartok
Zachem i kak sobiratʹ narodnui͡u︡ muzyku
Musiksprachen
Viola Concerto
Bartok First Term at the Piano
Über die Herausgabe ungarischer Volkslieder
Young Pianist Guide Bartok
Compositions for Piano
Apám életének krónikája
Béla Bartók - letters
first term at the piano
The Wooden Prince for Solo Piano, Op. 13
Volksmusik der Magyaren und der benachbarten Völker
Scritti sulla musica popolare
Levelek, fényképek, kéziratok, kották
Bela Bartok Selected Works
Bartok - His Greatest
Etude for Left Hand
Bartok 10 Easy Pieces
Turkish folk music from Asia Minor
Eigene Schriften und Erinnerungen der Freunde
Bartók Béla kézírása
Escritos Sobre Musica Popular
ungarische Volkslied
[Introduction to a proposed edition of Bartok's early piano works]
Hungarian folk music
Zongoraiskola
Rumanische Volkstanze
Album for the Young
Turkish Folk Music from Asia Minor
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, for the piano
népzenéről
Pourquoi et comment recueille-t-on la musique populaire?
Suitek no 1 for orchestra opus 3, miniature score.
Music for Strings,Percussion and Celesta
Letters
Roumanian Folk Dances Fl/gtr
Bluebeard's castle
The Hungarian Folk Songs
99 Bartók-levél
Cantata profana : A kilenc csodaszarvas
Bartok
Bartok Letters
Allegro Barbaro and Other Short Works for Solo Piano
Bartok Album (Piano Solos)

Birthplace of Béla Bartók

Sânnicolau Mare

Population:12,938

Sânnicolau Mare is a town in Timiş County, Romania and the westernmost of the country. Located in the Banat region, along the borders with Serbia and Hungary, it has a population of just under 13,000. In German, it is known as Groß Sankt Nikolaus, in Hungarian as...
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Places Béla Bartók has lived

Marker	Location	Population
A	Budapest	1,778,000
B	New York City	8,175,133

Frequently Asked Questions

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What professions highlight Béla Bartók's career?
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Béla Bartók was an accomplished composer, ethnographer and pianist.
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How did Béla Bartók die?
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He died from leukemia.
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Who is acknowledged for having an influence on Béla Bartók?
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Friedrich Rückert, Zoltán Kodály, Richard Strauss, Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky influenced Béla Bartók.
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Where did Béla Bartók go to school?
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Béla Bartók attended Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest.
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What ethnicity was Béla Bartók?
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Hungarian was the ethnic group of his ancestors.
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Which albums have been released by Béla Bartók?
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The following music albums were released:
- Concerto for Orchestra (Chicago Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Seiji Ozawa) / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (Leopold Stokowski conducting his Orchestra)
- The 6 String Quartets (Hungarian String Quartet) (disc 1)
- The Miraculous Mandarin / Hungarian Sketches / Suite No. 1 etc. (Detroit Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Antal Dorati) (disc 1)
- Concerto for Orchestra / Dance Suite (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Georg Solti)
- Bluebeard's Castle (feat. conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch)
- Concerto for Orchestra (Chicago Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Fritz Reiner)
- The Six String Quartets (Takacs Quartet)