Béla Bartók

Definition

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) was an innovative Hungarian pianist and composer most famous for his classical works for piano and orchestra, string quartets, and songs, many of which present traditional Hungarian and other European folk themes. Bartók, a prodigious scholar and collector of folk songs, is widely considered one of the greatest musicians Hungary has ever produced.

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  • 1881 - 1945
    Life of the Hungarian pianist and composer Béla Bartók.
  • 25 Mar 1881
    The Hungarian composer Béla Bartók is born in Nagyszentmiklós.
  • 1898 - 1903
    The Hungarian composer Béla Bartók studies at the Royal Hungarian Academy of Music in Budapest.
  • 1907 - 1934
    The Hungarian composer Béla Bartók teaches piano at the Royal Hungarian Academy of Music in Budapest.
  • 1908
    Béla Bartók composes his First String Quartet.
  • 1917
    Béla Bartók's ballet The Wooden Prince is first performed.
  • 1918
    Béla Bartók's opera Duke Bluebeard’s Castle is first performed.
  • 1923
    Dance Suite (Táncszvit) is Béla Bartók's first major success.
  • 1926
    Béla Bartók's pantomime ballet The Miraculous Mandarin is first performed.
  • 1934
    Béla Bartók's Cantata profana is first performed.
  • 1936
    Béla Bartók composes his Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
  • 1937
    Béla Bartók composes his Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.
  • 1939
    Béla Bartók emigrates to the United States.
  • 1943
    Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is first performed.
  • 26 Sep 1945
    The Hungarian composer Béla Bartók dies in New York.
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