Bela Viktor Janos Bartok he was born in an area that now forms part of Romania on March 25 1881 he was a Hungarian composer, pianist and studied a lot of music. He was considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century. Bartok had 2 kids and their names were Peter Bartok Bela Bartok the III,and his wife's name was Ditta Pásztory-Bartók. Bela Viktor Janos Bartok died in September 26 1945. His wife died on November 21 1982. His parents name were Paula Voit and Béla Bartók. His parents died in August 4, 1888 and his mom died in December 19, 1939.The college that Bartok went to was Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest.The type of music that he does is classicism, and modernism which mean literature and art of ancient Greece and Rome,and …show more content…
His father was the headmaster of a local school and believed in the importance of studying the fine arts. His mother was his first piano teacher. In 1909 at the age of 28, Bela Bartók married 16 years old Márta Ziegler. Their son, Béla III was born the next year. They divorced on June 1923. Then he married a 19 year old named Ditta Pásztory and had a son named Peter Bartok and was born on 1924. According to my research about Bela Bartok.. The advent of World War II made life in Hungary precarious and dangerous. In 1940 Bartók emigrated to the United States, residing in New York. Despite being in very poor health, he continued to compose, perform, and transcribe folk songs. He died September 26, 1945 of leukemia in a New York City hospital. He also played in a lot of