Biography of Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

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25.03.1881

Born in Nagyszentmiklos (today Romania). First piano lessons from his mother.

1891

First public concert playing piano and also compositions of his own

1899

Studies at Budapest conservatory (piano and composition)

1905

First educational journey to collect Hungarian folkmusic.

1907

Piano professorship in Budapest

1913

After expanding the folksong collection on Czech Republic and Romania follows a trip to Northern Africa for the same purpose

1940

Emigration to the USA

Honorary doctor at Columbia University, otherwise little recognition

26.09.1945

Dies shortly before his return to New York of undernourishment and leukemia

Further information/Sources:

• → Biographie von Bela Bartok
• → Noten von Bartok auf imslp.org
• → Bartok Publications
• → CDs by/of Béla Bartók bei JPC (mit Hörproben)
• → Music by/with Béla Bartók at amazon.de

Sheet music for flute:

Drei Volkslieder aus dem Komitat Csik (Bearbeitung)

(flute, piano)

Edition Musica Budapest, Z. 2142

Rating: mid-grade

1. Rubato
2. L´istesso tempo
3. Poco vivo

Suite Paysanne Hongroise - Chants populaires tristes (g-moll)

(flute, piano)

Universal Edition, UE 18666

Rating: easy

1. Rubato
2. Andante
3. Poco rubato
4. Andante
5. Scherzo (Allegro)
6. 9 Vieilles danses

I did'nt like those very much.

Originally for piano. Paul Arma, a student of Bartok did the edition for flute and piano.

CDs with/from Béla Bartók

William Bennett, Simon Wynberg

Pot-pourri for flute & guitar (1990)

ASV Digital

Astor Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango:
1. Nightclub 1960 (05:36:00)
2. Café 1930 (06:27:00)
3. Bordel 1900 (03:35:00)
4. Concert d'Aujourd'hui (03:01:00)
Joaquín Rodrigo: Serenata al Alba del Dia:
5. Andante moderato (02:57:00)
6. Allegro (01:37:00)
7. Franz Schubert: Originaltänze (aus D.365) (09:42:00)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sonatina op. 205:
8. Allegretto grazioso (00:00:04)
9. Tempo die Siciliana (Andantino grazioso e malincolico) (04:03:00)
10. Scherzo - Rondo (Allegretto con spirito) (04:25:00)
Francis Poulenc: Mouvements Perpetuels:
11. Assez modéré (01:36:00)
12. Très modéré (01:59:00)
13. Alerte (03:40:00)
Béla Bartók: Roumanian Folk Dances:
14. Jocul cu bàtǎ (01:25:00)
15. Brâul (00:34:00)
16. Pe loc (01:09:00)
17. Buciumeana (01:38:00)
18. "Poarga" româneascǎ (00:39:00)
19. Mǎnuntelul (00:58:00)

Literature von/über Béla Bartók

• Kramer, Lawrende: Why classical Music still matters
  10. edition Berkeley: University of California Press,
  2016. - ISBN: 978-0-520-25803-7
• Mielsch, Hans-Ulrich: Die Schweizer Jahre berühmter Komponisten
  Zürich: Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung,
  1992. - ISBN: 3 85823 376 5
• Schmierer, Elisabeth: Komponisten-Porträts
  Bilder und Daten
  Stuttgart: Reclam,
  2003. - ISBN: 3-15-018268-9
• Stuckenschmidt, H. H.: Die großen Komponisten unseres Jahrhunderts
  Band I: Deutschland und Mitteleuropa
  2. edition München: Piper,
  1971. - ISBN: 3-492-1873-4