Béla Bartók

Béla Bartók

Mast. Of Music and Music Lit. 10:00MWF
Béla Bartók was born in 1881 in Greater Hungary. With the title of "the greatest Hungarian composer" he is considered one of the most significant musicians of the twentieth century. He shared with his friend Zoltán Kodály, another leading Hungarian composer, a passion for ethnomusicology. His music was invigorated by the themes, modes, and rhythmic patterns of the Hungarian and other folk music traditions he studied, which he synthesized with influences from…