Béla Viktor János Bartók (Hungarian: [ˈbɒrtoːk ˈbeːlɒ]; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest composers. Among his notable works are the opera Bluebeard's Castle, the ballet The Miraculous Mandarin, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, the Concerto for Orchestra and six string quartets. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of comparative musicology, which later became known as ethnomusicology. Per Anthony Tommasini, Bartók "has empowered generations of subsequent composers to incorporate folk music and classical traditions from whatever culture into their works and was "a formidable modernist who in the face of Schoenberg’s breathtaking formulations showed another way, forging a language that was an amalgam of tonality, unorthodox scales and atonal wanderings." (From Wikipedia) More about Béla Bartók:
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Books by Béla Bartók: Books in the extended shelves: Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: 1. [i.e. Elsö] szvitje, nagy zenekarra. Op. 3. Vezérkönyv. (Rózsavölgyi, 1910) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: 10 leichte Klavierstücke (Rózsavölgyi és Társa, 1910) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: 2nd string quartet, op.17. (Boosey & Hawkes, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: 3rd string quartet (Boosey & Hawkes, 1993) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: 4th string quartet (Boosey & Hawkes, 1929) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Album of selected pieces for the piano (E.C. Schirmer, 1929), also by Katherine Davis (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Allegro barbaro : piano solo (Universal Edition, 1918) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Bagatellen für klavier. (Editio Musica, 1950) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Chansons populaires roumaines du départment Bihar (Hongrie) (Socec & comp. şi C. Sfetea; [etc.], 1913) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Csodálatos Mandarín (Universal-Edition, 1925), also by Menyhért Lengyel (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Danses populaires roumaines (Universal Edition, 1985), also by Zoltán Székely (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Der holzgeschnitzte Prinz; Tanzspiel in einem Akt (Universal-Edition, 1921), also by Béla Balázs (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Der holzgeschnitzte Prinz: The wooden prince; Tanzspiel in einem Akt. Op.13. (Universal Edition, 1924) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Der wunderbare Mandarin. A csodálatos mandarín. Pantomime in einem Akt (Universal-Edition, 1925) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Der wunderbare Mandarin. Pantomime in einem Akt (Universal-Edition, 1925), also by Menyhért Lengyel (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Deux sonates pour violon et piano (Universal-Edition, 1923) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Deux sonates pour violon et piano ...IIe (en 2 mouvements). (Universal-Edition, 1923) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Deuxième sonate. (en 2 mouvements) (Boosey & Hawkes, 1950) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Dorfszenen (Universal-Edition, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Etudes. (Boosey & Hawkes ;, in the 2000s) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Etudes pour le piano, op. 18. (Universal-Edition, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Fifteen Hungarian peasant songs : Piano solo. (Boosey & Hawkes, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Five songs (Fünf Lieder), Op. 16 (1916) (Boosey and Hawkes, Ltd., 1923) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Four orchestral pieces, opus 12 (Boosey & Hawkes, 1923) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Friss; 2. Satz aus der 1. Rhapsodie. Violino e pianoforte. (Universal-Edition, 1929) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Für Kinder (Rozsnyai Károly, in the 1920s) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Három burleszk zongarára : trois burlesques pour le piano : op. 8/c (Editio Musica, 1912) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Herzog Blaubarts Burg = A kékszakállú herceg vára : Oper in einem Akt : Op. 11 (Universal-Edition, 1922), also by Béla Balázs (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Herzog Blaubarts Burg; Oper in 1 Akt (Universal-Edition, 1922), also by Wilhelm Ziegler and Béla Balázs (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Herzog Blaubarts Burg : Oper in einem Akt : Op. 11 (Universal-Edition, 1921), also by Béla Balázs (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Herzog Blaubarts Burg; Oper in einem Akt, Op. 11 (Universal-Edition, 1922), also by M. D. Calvocoressi, Wilhelm Ziegler, and Béla Balázs (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Herzog Blaubarts Burg : Oper in einem Akt von Béla Balázs = A kékszakállú herceg vára : opera egy felvonásban szövegét irta Balász Béla, op. 11 (Universal Edition, 1963), also by Béla Balázs (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Herzog Blaubarts Burg : Oper in einem Akt von Bʹela Balʹazs, op. 11 = A kʹekszakʹallʹu herceg vʹara : opera egy felvonʹasban Szövegʹet ʹirta Balʹazs Bʹela (Universal Edition :, 1921), also by Wilhelm Ziegler and Béla Balázs (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Hetzjagd = Hajsza = Poursuite = The chase. (Universal-Edition, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Hungarian folktunes : violin and piano (Boosey & Hawkes, 1927), also by Joseph Szigeti (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: II. [i. e. Zweite] Streichquartett : für violinen, viola und violoncelle. Op. 17. (Universal-Edition, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: II. [i.e. zweite] Streichquartett für 2 Violinen, Viola, und Violoncell. (Universal, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: II. Streichquartett = IIe quatuor à cordes = IInd string quartet : op. 17 (Universal Edition ;, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: II. Streichquartett für 2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncell. Op. 17. (Universal-Edition, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: III. Streichquartett ; für 2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncello (Universal-Edition, 1929) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartok, Béla, 1881-1945: IIIrd string quartet (Universal Edition, 1929) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: IIIrd string quartet. (Universal Edition ;, 1929) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Improvisations sur des chansons paysannes hongroises : op.20. (Universal-Edition, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: A kézügyesség kis iskolája = Kleine Schule der Geläufigkeit (Editio Musica, 1950), also by Louis Köhler (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Kleinere Orchesterwerke. (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1913), also by Franz Liszt and Berthold Kellermann (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 1 : (1926) (Universal Edition, 2009), also by Marija Koren-Bergamo and Peter Bartók (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Les hongrois de Transylvanie: chansons populaires (Édition de la Société de littérature populaire [etc., 1921), also by Zoltán Kodály (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Magyar népdalok : énekhangra zongorakisérettel (Rozsnyai Károly, 1906), also by Zoltán Kodály (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Marche funèbre : pour piano (Editio Musica, 1950) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Mit Fingersatz und Vortragszeichen versehen von Bartók Béla (Editio Musica, 1950), also by J. B. Duvernoy (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Musettes. (Universal-Edition, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Négy sirató ének, zongorára, op. 9/a. Quatre nénies, pour piano (Editio Musica, 1912) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Neun kleine Klavierstücke = Kilenc kis zongoradarab = Neuf petits morceaux pour piano = Nine small piano pieces. (Universal Edition, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Neun kleine Klavierstücke = Kilenc kis zongoradarab = Neuf petits morceaux pour piano = Nine small piano pieces (Universal-Edition, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Nine little piano pieces : complete (Boosey & Hawkes ;, 2006) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Nyolc magyar népdal = Acht ungarische Volkslieder : ének zongorakisérettel (Universal-Edition, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Öt dal Ady Endre szövegeire (Universal, 1923), also by Endre Ady (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Out of doors : five piano pieces (Boosey & Hawkins, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Pour les enfants (Charles Rozsnyai, in the 1920s) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Première sonate : (en 3 mouvements) (Universal Edition, 1950) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Première sonate en trois mouvements pour violon et piano (Universal Edition, 1991), also by Peter Bartók (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Première sonate pour violon et piano : (en 3 mouvements) (Universal-Edition, 1923) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Quatuor pour 2 violons, alto et violoncell (Röder, in the 1910s), also by Werfel Collection (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Rhapsodie : pour le piano et l'orchestre (Rózsavölgyi, 1910) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Rhapsodie pour le piano et l'orchestre. Partition d'orchestre. (Rózsavölgyi, 1910) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Roumanian folk dances (Universal Edition, 2008), also by Zoltán Székely (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Roumanian folk dances : violin and piano (Boosey & Hawkes, in the 2000s), also by Zoltán Székely (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Rumanian folk dances (Boosey & Hawkes, 1939) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Rumanian Folk Dances. Violin and piano (Boosey & Hawkes, 1926), also by Zóltan Székely (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Rumänische Volkstänze = Roumanian folk dances = Danses populaires roumaines : piano solo (Universal Edition ;, 1918) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Rumänische Volkstänze : für Klavier zu zwei Händen (Universal Edition, 1918) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Rumänische Volkstänze : Roumanian folk dances : piano solo (Universal Edition, 1993), also by Peter Bartók (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Rumänische Weihnachtslieder, für Klavier zu zwei Händen (ohne Oktavenspannung) (Universal-Edition, 1918) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Slovakische Volkslieder : 1., 2., 4., 5. aus dem Zolyomer, 3. aus dem Pozsonyer Komitat (Universal-Edition, 1918) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Sonate; piano solo (Boosey & Hawkes, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Streichquartett II. String quartet, op. 17. (Wiener Philharmonischer Verlag, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Streichquartett Nr. 4 : (1929) (Universal Edition, 2009), also by Ferenc Bónis (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Studies, op. 18, piano solo (Boosey & Hawkes, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Suite : op. 14 : piano solo. (Universal Edition, 1918) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Suite; opus 14, piano solo (Boosey & Hawkes, 1918) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Tánc-suite. zenekarra = Tanz-Suite : für Orchester (Universal Edition, 1925) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Tanz-suite. Dance suite. (Universal Edition;, 1924) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Tanz-Suite : für Orchester : (1923) (Universal Edition, 2009) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Tizenöt magyar parasztdal (Universal-Edition, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Transylvanian Hungarians : Folksongs (Popular Literary Society, 1921), also by Zoltán Kodály (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Two fantasies. Budapest, 1903, for piano solo (Kalmus, 1900) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Ungarische Bauernlieder (Boosey & Hawkes, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Vázlatok : zongorára [op. 9b] (Rozsynyai, 1912) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Bela, 1881-1945: Vierte Streichquartett. (Universal Edition, 1929) (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Volksmusik der Rumänen von Maramureș (Drei Masken Verlag, 1923), also by Denijs Dille (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: Wooden prince (Universal Edition, 1977), also by Béla Balázs (page images at HathiTrust) Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945: A zongora-irodalom remekmuveiból = aus den Meisterwerken der Klavierliteratur (Rozsnyai Károly, 1921), also by Domenico Scarlatti (page images at HathiTrust)
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