Bartók

[ bahr-tok, -tawk; Hungarian bor-tohk ]

noun

1. Bé·la [bey, -l, uh, bey, -lo], 1881–1945, Hungarian composer.

Bartók

/ ˈbɑːtɒk; ˈbɔrtoːk /

noun

1. BartókBéla18811945MHungarianMUSIC: composerMUSIC: pianistMUSIC: folk music collector Béla (ˈbeːlɔ). 1881–1945, Hungarian composer, pianist, and collector of folk songs, by which his music was deeply influenced. His works include six string quartets, three piano concertos, several piano pieces including Mikrokosmos (1926–37), ballets (including The Miraculous Mandarin , 1919), and the opera Bluebeard's Castle (produced 1918)

Example Sentences

For his latest final, he will play Bartók’s Concerto No.3, accompanied by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

From BBC

Classical music fans may know that Bartók wrote the concerto during the final months of his life, as a surprise birthday present for his second wife Ditta Pásztory-Bartók.

From BBC

"Although hopefully I won't die like Bartok did before he got to play it."

From BBC

Davies is not a great hall acoustically, but on my recent visit, Salonen conducted the most sonically astounding performance of Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” I have ever heard.

From Los Angeles Times

The Met announced on Thursday that the orchestra and its music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, would visit South Korea, Japan and Taiwan in June, performing the music of Bartok, Wagner, Debussy and others alongside star soloists.

From New York Times