Bartók

American

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

noun

Béla 1881–1945, Hungarian composer.

Bartók British

/ ˈbɑːtɒk, ˈbɔrtoːk /

noun

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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Classical music fans may know that Bartók wrote the concerto during the final months of his life, as a surprise birthday present for his second wife Ditta Pásztory-Bartók.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

His younger compatriot Bartók tailored his mesmerizing “Contrasts” as a clarinet trio for the “king of swing” Benny Goodman.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023

Charles McCardell sang in 1988 that Emersonian renditions of Bartók “surely qualified as definitive.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2022

She made astonishing arrangements of Bartók in which the harpsichord mimics Hungarian folk instruments.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022

They might talk about Beethoven, Schumann, and Bartók.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2020

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