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Bartok (1881-1945), considered the greatest Hungarian composer since Liszt, is famous for "Concerto for Orchestra" and Bluebeard's Castle opera. While his classical music contemporaries like Schoenberg and Stravinsky were creating new music, Bartok was forging both new and old, influenced by Hungarian folk songs.

His works are mainly influenced by Hungarian folk music. He also derived other music from the folk songs and dances of southern and eastern Europe, and the exotic echoes of North Africa and the Middle East.

Early Life of Bartok

Béla Bartok was born in Nagyszentmiklos on the March 25. Bartok learned the piano mainly from his mother. A child prodigy, he studied music at the Budapest Conservatory, having appeared in public as a pianist at the age of ten. Initially influenced by Franz Liszt, he wrote the symphonic poem Kossuth Overture (1903), which performed under Hans Richter in Manchester in 1904.

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