BÉLA BARTÓK

CHILDHOOD

• Often suffered from severe eczema
• At the Age of four he played 40 songs on piano
• 1888 he lost his father he was seven
• Wrote the Course of Danube age nine
• Composed a dance piece age nine
• Age 11 he played in public

Family

• His mom Paula
• Dad Béla
• Sister Erzsébet
• Son Peter Bartók

MUSIC

• He incorporated hungry folk music
• After 1918 he stopped writing for the stage
• 1943 he composed the concerto for orchestra

WHY LEAVE

• Nazis where taking over
• He felt he was not safe
• Immigrated to America in 1940

WHERE IS HE FROM

• Born in Nagyszentmiklos, Hungry
• Lived in many different places
• Died in New York City, New York.

EVENING IN THE VILLAGE

STRING QUARTET NO. 6

PART OF DUKE BLUEBIRD’S CASTLE

• https://youtu.be/U3w_8jTsdd8
• It was very popular
• Was his only opera
• Has some characteristics of Hungarian folk music
• I liked it, it was a piece that I would listen to when I am bored

HOW HE DIED

• He had leukemia which means he had to many white blood cellls
• Also he had bad health all of his life
• Died at age 64

FUN FACTS

• Followed the lead of Ernò Dchnányi
• Published articles and monographs
• Wrote for many instruments like the violin, piano and an orchestra
• His sun sign was an Aries
• Known as a child prodigy
• He has more than 7 statues for him all over the world

SITES

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bela-Bartok
• https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/bela-bartok-322.php