béla bartók
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Presentation about the famous Hungarian compositor Béla Bartók.TRANSCRIPT
Béla Bartók
1881-1945
Composer, pianist, folk music collector
His life
• Born in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy 1881 March 25th, in Nagyszentmiklós
• He lived up to 1889 in his hometown. At the age of 4 he began to play the violin.
• Five years old when he asked for a birthday gift -despite the lure of the wonderful presents for children- he begged off the first piano lesson and he received it.
• 125th anniversary of Bartók’s birth in Nagyszentmiklós
This house is his birthplace in Nagyszentmiklós (Romania)
The memorial board on the wall of the house
Places from Nagyszentmiklós
• His father (Béla Bartók) was the director of this economic school.
Bartók family grave in the cemetery
Makó and Nagyszentmiklós
• Our town Makó is only 15 kms far from Nagyszentmiklós. One of our school buildings is called Béla Bartók Music School. You can see Bartók’s sculpture in front of the building.
• Every year the scouts of Makó cycle to Nagyszentmiklós to celebrate him.
His life
Béla Bartók is one of the greatest composers, pianist, folk music researcher of the
20th century, Central European folk music collector, teacher at the Academy of Music. His art and science results are revolutionary significant not only in the Hungarian and European music history, but also in the universal culture.
4 Hungarian folk songs collected by Bartók. He plays the piano.
He started to collect folk music and songs from 1905. He went to the peasants with a recording
instrument –phonograph.
In 1889 he began his studies on composing and piano in the
Acamedy of Music .
His friend was Zoltán Kodály, the famous composer, music teacher, folk music researcher
The Kodály teaching method is well-known
Bartók’s works for stage: his opera:
Bluebeard’s Castle
Illustration to the tale
His famous ballets: The Wooden Prince
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And The Miraculous Mandarin
One of his vocal works : Cantata Profana
One of his works for piano: Allegro Barbaro
Click here to listen to the 3 minute- long work
His chamber music: I., II., III., IV., V., VI. string-quartet
A string-quartet consists of 4 instruments: 2 violins, a viola and a violoncello.
In America
• In 1940 he emigrated to America and taught in Columbia University.
• He met Yehudi Menuhin.
• He died on 26th September 1945
• His mortal remains have been brought home and buried in Budapest.