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| Era | 20th century |
| Birth - Death | March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945 |
| Summary | Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer, pianist and collector of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. He is considered one of the greatest composers of the 20th century and was also one of the founders of the field of ethnomusicology, through his analytical study and ethnography of folk music. |
| Video | Romanian Folk Dances |
| More Information | Bartók Béla Memorial House - Budapest Bartók Béla Guitar transliteration videos Bartók and his relationship with Unitarianism Classical Music Pages - biography and composition information from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music. It includes photographs, concerti, list of works, and bibliography. Bartók, Béla - Biography with early influences and education, musical growth, stylistic changes, and later hard times with summary list of works. Bela Bartok - Entry at the Lied and Art Songs Text Page with list of vocal works linked to lyrics in German and Magyar, some with English translations. Bela Bartok - Filmography showing cinematic and television use of his works and biographical material from the Internet Movie Database. Janos Breuer: Bartok and the Third Reich - Article concerning the frequency of performance of his works under the Nazi regime in Germany. Kunst der Fuge | Bela Bartok - downloadable MIDI files of Sonata per piano, Roumanian folk Dances and other pieces; short biography. Béla Bartók - Wikipedia article with biography, list of selected orchestral, choral, chamber, piano, and stage works, internal references to related people and topics, external links, and photograph. |
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