BELA BARTOK

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CHILDHOOD

• Bela Bartok grew up in Hungary.
• He studied the piano with his mother at age 6-7.
• He later got into piano even more and studied piano with actual music teachers.

SCHOOL/COLLEGE

• Bela Bartok attended high school at “Music High School of Miskolc”
• Bartok went to college at “Franz Liszt Academy of Music”

FACTS

• Bela Bartok had a son named Peter.
• His wife was named Ditta Bartok.
• He loved folk music more than any other music.

ADULTHOOD

• Bela Bartok lived through WWII.
• Bartok had moved to the United States and became a U.S citizen in 1945.
• Bela Bartok was against the Nazis.

MORE FACTS

• He lived to be 64 years old
• His most famous piece of music is “The Concerto for Orchestra”
• He died from pneumonia

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WEBSITES THAT I USED

• Britannica
• Biography.com
• Wikipedia

FAMOUS QUOTES

• “I cannot conceive of music that expresses absolutely nothing.”
• “In art there are only fast or slow developments. Essentially it is a matter of evolution, not revolution.”
• “Competitions are for horses, not artists.”

NAMES OF SONGS

• Mikrokosms
• Concerto for Orchestra
• Romanian folk dance
• Viola Concerto

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