TCDM: November 11th - Béla Bartók

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

Bio

Prominent Hungarian pianist and ethnomusicologist, Bartók studied and then taught at the Budapest Academy of Music. He traveled the world as a successful concert pianist and eventually settled in the United States. He wrote extensively on folk music, on the cultural differences found in music, and is considered one of the two greatest Hungarian composers, next to Franz Liszt. 

 

Music

Microcosmos, Part I, II, & III

Concerto for Orchestra

Violin Concerto No. 2

The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, Sz. 60

Symphony in E flat major DD 68, BB 25

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73

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