Béla Bartók
Biography
by Michael Rodman
Bartók was a Hungarian composer, pianist, ethnomusicologist, and teacher whose impact on modern music was immense.
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Composition Highlights
Title |
Year |
Avg. Duration |
Genre |
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127 (completed by Tibor Serly) |
1945 |
24:10 |
Concerto |
Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114 |
1936 |
29:29 |
Orchestral |
String Quartet No. 6 in D major, Sz. 114, BB 119 |
1939 |
28:47 |
Chamber Music |
String Quartet No. 4 in C major, Sz. 91, BB 95 |
1928 |
22:59 |
Chamber Music |
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101 |
1930 |
28:02 |
Concerto |
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123 |
1943 |
37:22 |
Concerto |
String Quartet No. 3 in C sharp major, Sz. 85, BB 93 |
1927 |
15:31 |
Chamber Music |
Sonata for 2 pianos & 2 percussion, Sz. 110, BB 15 |
1937 |
25:59 |
Chamber Music |
Piano Sonata, Sz. 80, BB 88 |
1926 |
13:00 |
Keyboard |
Contrasts, pieces (3) for clarinet, violin & piano, Sz. 111, BB 116 |
1938 |
15:58 |
Chamber Music |
The Miraculous Mandarin, pantomime in 1 act, Sz. 73, BB 82 (Op. 19) |
1918 |
30:54 |
Orchestral |
String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Sz. 67, BB 75 (Op. 17) |
1915 |
26:50 |
Chamber Music |
String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major, Sz. 102, BB 110 |
1934 |
30:48 |
Chamber Music |
Sonata for violin solo, Sz. 117, BB 124 (edited by Yehudi Menhuin) |
1944 |
26:03 |
Chamber Music |
Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in C major, Sz. 76, BB 85 |
1922 |
20:21 |
Chamber Music |
Piano Concerto No. 1 in A major, Sz. 83, BB 91 |
1926 |
24:11 |
Concerto |
Allegro barbaro, for piano, Sz. 49, BB 63 |
1911 |
03:00 |
Keyboard |
Duke Bluebeard's Castle (A kékszakkallú Herceg Vára), opera in one act, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Op. 11) |
1911 |
57:16 |
Opera |
Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Sz. 112, BB 117 |
1937 |
37:37 |
Concerto |
Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in C sharp minor, Sz. 75, BB 84 (Op. 21) |
1921 |
33:20 |
Chamber Music |
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