Bartók

American  

[bahr-tok, -tawk, bor-tohk] / ˈbɑr tɒk, -tɔk, ˈbɒr toʊk /

noun

1. Béla 1881–1945, Hungarian composer.

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Bartók British  

/ ˈbɑːtɒk, ˈbɔrtoːk /

noun

1. Béla (ˈbeːlɔ). 1881–1945, Hungarian composer, pianist, and collector of folk songs, by which his music was deeply influenced. His works include six string quartets, three piano concertos, several piano pieces including Mikrokosmos (1926–37), ballets (including The Miraculous Mandarin , 1919), and the opera Bluebeard's Castle (produced 1918)

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Example Sentences

The main works on the New York-centric program were by two great 20th century composers, Bartók and Charles Ives, who were treated as outsiders by the city’s musical establishments during their lifetimes.

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In 1945, Bartók, having fled Nazi-invaded Hungary, wrote his final piano concerto in a New York apartment on 57th Street, a block west of Carnegie Hall.

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Lim’s Bartók exists in a world of the pianist’s own.

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But here in New York, Dudamel paid tribute to a new city in his life with Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Charles Ives’ Symphony No. 2.

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The young Korean pianist, Yunchan Lim, who became instantly hot after winning the Van Cliburn competition three years ago, was soloist in Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto.

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