Bartok Violin Concerto
BARTOK VIOLIN CONCERTO
Béla Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 In B Minor, SZ 112, BB117. (1937-1938)
1. Allegro Non-Troppo
2. Andante Tranquillo
3. Allegro Molto
Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945) was a Hungarian composer and pianist, and was one of the most profound musicians of the twentieth century.
A smallpox inoculation gave the infant Bartók a rash that remained with him until he was five years old. As a result he spent his early years detached from other children and people and spent many hours listening to his mother play the piano, which would have resulted in early musical stimulation. Bartók showed early musical aptitude and began to compose dances at the tender age of nine. Born in Romania, his mother, Paula moved the family around quite a bit after his father’s death in 1888, something that was partially motivated in order for Bartók to acquire the best musical training possible, studying with some of the great teachers of the time. 1
Bartók was close friends with Zoltán Kodály, another great Hungarian composer. They both shared a strong passion for what later was called ethnomusicology- defined as ‘the study of social and cultural aspects of music and dance in local and global contexts’ by Carole Pegg in ‘Ethnomusicology’ on Grove Music Online. Bartók ‘s music was accentuated by the themes, modes and rhythmical patterns of Hungarian and other worldly folk music traditions. Bartók was very interested in folk traditions, and he looked into the folk music of the Romanians, Slovakians, Serbs, Croatians, Bulgarians, Turks, and North Africans and the Hungarians.
He amalgamated these folk traditions with influences from his era into his own recognizable style, a synthesis of folk music, classicism and modernism. After graduating, from the Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary in 1903, Bartók began a career as a concert pianist. During his adult life Bartók performed in 630 concerts in 22 countries. He was brought up as a roman catholic but
Béla Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 In B Minor, SZ 112, BB117. (1937-1938)
1. Allegro Non-Troppo
2. Andante Tranquillo
3. Allegro Molto
Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945) was a Hungarian composer and pianist, and was one of the most profound musicians of the twentieth century.
A smallpox inoculation gave the infant Bartók a rash that remained with him until he was five years old. As a result he spent his early years detached from other children and people and spent many hours listening to his mother play the piano, which would have resulted in early musical stimulation. Bartók showed early musical aptitude and began to compose dances at the tender age of nine. Born in Romania, his mother, Paula moved the family around quite a bit after his father’s death in 1888, something that was partially motivated in order for Bartók to acquire the best musical training possible, studying with some of the great teachers of the time. 1
Bartók was close friends with Zoltán Kodály, another great Hungarian composer. They both shared a strong passion for what later was called ethnomusicology- defined as ‘the study of social and cultural aspects of music and dance in local and global contexts’ by Carole Pegg in ‘Ethnomusicology’ on Grove Music Online. Bartók ‘s music was accentuated by the themes, modes and rhythmical patterns of Hungarian and other worldly folk music traditions. Bartók was very interested in folk traditions, and he looked into the folk music of the Romanians, Slovakians, Serbs, Croatians, Bulgarians, Turks, and North Africans and the Hungarians.
He amalgamated these folk traditions with influences from his era into his own recognizable style, a synthesis of folk music, classicism and modernism. After graduating, from the Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary in 1903, Bartók began a career as a concert pianist. During his adult life Bartók performed in 630 concerts in 22 countries. He was brought up as a roman catholic but