Bela Bartok

1881-1945

⚫ Folksong

⚫ Bagpipe Imitation

⚫ Dance

Bartok’s use of folk music

⚫ Suite, Op. 14, Sz 62 (1)

⚫ Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs,

Op. 20 (2)

⚫ Mikrokosmos (3)

Borrowing vs. Transformation

⚫ Bartok, Mikrokosmos, Bk IV

– In the Style of a Folk Song

– Bulgarian Rhythm

⚫ Bartok, Music for Strings, Percussion and

Celeste

Bartok’s mature music

⚫ Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste

(1936) (5 6 7 8)

⚫ Concerto for two Pianos, Percussion &

Orchestra (9)

⚫ Concerto for Orchestra (1944)

– Intermezzo interrotto (10)