Béla Bartók

Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945) was a composer, pianist and collector of East European folk music. Bartók was one of the founders of the field of ethnomusicology, the study of folk music and the music of non-Western cultures.

Selected works

Orchestral music

• three piano concertos (see Piano Concerto No. 3)
• two violin concertos
• Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
• Concerto for Orchestra (1942–43, revised 1945)
• Viola Concerto (1945)

Choral music

• Cantata Profana (1930)
• From Olden Times (1935)

Chamber music

• Sonata for two pianos and percussion
• six string quartets
• three violin sonatas
• Divertimento (1939)

Piano

• Allegro barbaro (1911)
• Sonatina (1915)
• Romanian Folk Dances (1915)
• Sonata (1926)
• Mikrokosmos (1926, 1932–39)

Music for the stage

• Bluebeard's Castle, opera
• The Miraculous Mandarin, ballet
• The Wooden Prince, ballet