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Béla Bartók
Hungarian composer (1881–1945)
"Bartok" redirects here. For other uses, see Bartok (disambiguation).
The native form of this personal name is Bartók Béla Viktor János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Béla Viktor János Bartók (; Hungarian:[ˈbeːlɒˈbɒrtoːk]; 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. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of comparative musicology, which later became known as ethnomusicology.
Biography
Childhood and early years (1881–1898)
Bartók was born in the Banatian town of Nagyszentmiklós in the Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Sânnicolau Mare, Romania) on 25 March 1881.[2] On his father's side, the Bartók family was a Hungarian lower noble family, originating from Borsodszirák, Borsod. His paternal grandmother was a Catholic of Bunjev
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The Hungarian musician and composer Béla Bartók is the subject of a comprehensive new book by David Cooper, bringing audiences the most complete biography of Bartók ever produced in English. Bartók is regarded as one of Hungary’s greatest composers, a pioneer of ethnomusicology and is internationally recognised for his career as a composer, teacher and concert pianist. Cooper combines in-depth musical analysis with a thoroughly researched biographical narrative to explore the composer’s personal life, his cultural and political motivations and many of those influenced by his work.
In the following extract from the ‘Postlude’ to Béla Bartók, David Cooper examines some of the character attributes that made the composer such an intriguing individual.
Béla Bartók by David Cooper
from the ‘Postlude’
‘In this weighty tome, David Cooper of Leeds University digs into Bartok’s life, interlacing his discussion of the compositions with wider discussions of politics and culture.’ – The Economist
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What you should know about Béla Bartók
Born: 25 March 1881, Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary (now Sînnicolau Mare in Romania)
Died: 26 September 1945, New York, US
Contemporaries: Igor Stravinsky, Percy Grainger, Jerome Kern, George Butterworth
Recommended Listening: Mikrokosmos, Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste
Who was Béla Bartók?
Béla Bartók was one of a handful of early 20-century composers who recognised how indigenous folk music could fuel a new sort of progressive concert music. He was born in an area of Europe rich in peasant culture, but was soon set on a path of intense musical training in the classical tradition.
Bartók was initially taught the piano by his mother. The family moved to Pressburg (now Bratislava) and in 1899 their son enrolled at what is now the Liszt Academy in Budapest, where he would eventually replace its piano professor István Thoman.
By the 1910s, Bartók had become increasingly interested in collecting and transcribing folk tunes and dances from Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Yugoslavia and even Tur
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