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Bela Bartok

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History of Western Music 2 (Chapter 9 20th Century Tonal Composers) Flashcards on Bela Bartok, created by mtempleton1 on 30/07/2013.
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Timeline 1881 - Born in Hungary 1899 - 1903 - Trained at Budapest Academy of music as pianist. 1905 - Traveled with Zoltan Kodaly collecting folk songs from Eastern Europe and North Africa. 1907 - Becomes professor of piano and Budapest Academy. 1940 - Moved to U.S 1947 - Died in New york
Influences on Bartok's music Impressionism. Debussy greatly influenced Bartok. Folk Music, from which he derived new melodies, rhythmic and metric patterns and modal possibilities. "Tonal" music without major/minor tonality.
Important works 6 string quartets (considered greatest since Beethoven) Bluebird Castle The Miraculous Maddarin Music for strings percussion and Celeste
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