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Béla Bartók (1881–1945)

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Born in Hungary in 1881, Bartok began his musical studies on the piano at age five. His mother was his first teacher; after his father died in 1888, the Bartok family moved to Nagyszolos, where Bela continued his piano studies and took up composition. At age eleven, he made his first public appearance... See full bio »

Born:

Béla Viktor János Bartók
in Nagyszentmiklós, Austria-Hungary. [now Sânnicolau Mare, Romania]

Died:

(age 64) in New York City, New York, USA
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2012 Eröffnung der Wiener Festwochen 2012 - Eurovision Young Musicians 2012 (TV movie) (writer: "Viola Concerto")
 
2007 Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music (TV series documentary)
– Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (2007) (writer: "Concerto for Orchestra")
 
2004 Melinda and Melinda (writer: "String Quartet No. 4" 1927)
 
2004 Control Room (documentary) (writer: "Control Room Intro Theme" / as Bartok)
 
2003 Drakengard (Video Game) (writer: "The Miraculous Mountain")
 
2001 El grosso concerto (video) (writer: "Danzas Folklóricas Rumanas")
 
2000 Aleph, lectures contades (TV series documentary)
– Franz Kafka (2000) (writer: "Dance Suite", "Music For Strings, Percussion and Celesta", "Piano Concerto No. 1")
 
1999 Being John Malkovich (writer: "Allegro, from Music for Strings")
 
1994 Ulrike Marie Meinhof (documentary) ("Quatuor a cordes no. 5")
 
1988 The Good Mother (writer: "Vol. 1, No 4. - Allegro" / as Bela Bartok)
 
1988 Duke Bluebeard's Castle (TV movie) (writer: "A Kékszakállú Herceg vára")
 
1986 Singing the Blues in Red (music: "Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion", "Mikrokosmos")
 
1983 China Lake (short) ("Divertimento for Strings", "Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta")
 
1980 Cosmos (TV mini-series documentary)
– The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean (1980) (writer: "The Miraculous Mandarin, No. 8" - uncredited)
 
1980 The Shining (music: "Music for strings, percussion and Celesta Movement III")
 
1979 Caniche (writer: "Adaggio", "El Gran Mandarín", "Andante Tranquilo", "Allegro")
 
1972 Doomwatch (TV series)
– Fire and Brimstone (1972) (writer: "The Miraculous Mandarin" - uncredited)
 
1971 Public Eye (TV series)
– Slip Home in the Dark (1971) (writer: "Music For Strings, Percussion and Celesta")
 
1967-1968 Doctor Who (TV series)
– The Web of Fear: Episode 1 (1968) (writer: "Music For Strings, Percussion and Celesta" - uncredited)
– The Enemy of the World: Episode 6 (1968) (writer: "The Miraculous Mandarin" - uncredited)
– The Enemy of the World: Episode 5 (1968) (writer: "Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta" - uncredited, "The Miraculous Mandarin" - uncredited)
– The Enemy of the World: Episode 4 (1968) (writer: "Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta" - uncredited)
– The Enemy of the World: Episode 3 (1968) (writer: "The Miraculous Mandarin" - uncredited)
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1966 Un paso al frente (short) (writer: "Hungarian Sketches")
 
1966 A la memoria del autor (short) (writer: "Violin concert")
 
1963 Flaming Creatures (writer: "Concerto for Solo Violin")
 
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2008 Bartóks Requiem (documentary)
 
2002 A Bibo Reader
 
2001 Trainwreck (short)
 
2001 The Miraculous Manderin (short)
 
1998 Este a székelyeknél (short)
 
1991 Le roman (short)
 
1989 Égetö Eszter (TV mini-series)
– Angyalharag (1989)
– Háborús tavasz (1989)
– Lajosfalvi paradicsom (1989)
– Menekülök és maradók (1989)
– Tanyai internátus (1989)
 
1987 A varázsló álma (TV movie) (as Bartók)
 
1981 Bal Masqué (short)
 
1978 Magritte (documentary)
 
1976 A Piano in Mid Air (as Bartók)
 
1973 Full House (TV series)
– Episode dated 13 January 1973 (1973)
 
1972 Katzenspiel (TV movie) (music composer)
 
1968 NET Festival (TV series documentary)
– Bluebeard's Castle (1968)
 
1965 Het slot van hertog Blauwbaard (TV movie)
 
1965 Concerto for Orchestra
 
1964 Le mandarin merveilleux (TV movie) (music composer)
 
1962 Senseless (short)
 
1955 Impressions de New York (documentary short)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (4 titles)
2009/II The Legacy (documentary) (composer: stock music)
 
2008 Polyformia (short) (composer: stock music - as Bella Bartok)
 
1968 Stick and Bone (composer: themes)
 
1965 Concerto for Orchestra (music)
 
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1963 Cantata
Himself (voice) (uncredited)
 

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Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste (1936) See more »

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Alternate Names:

Bella Bartok | Bartók
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Trivia:

Was interred in the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York, but after the fall of Hungarian communism in 1988, his remains were transferred to Budapest, Hungary for a state funeral on July 7, 1988 with interment in Budapest's Farkasreti Cemetery. See more »

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