Béla Bartók Quotes

1881–1945 Hungary

Béla Bartók (25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and collector of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. He is considered one of the greatest composers of the 20th century and was also one of the founders of the field of ethnomusicology, the study and ethnography of folk music.

Hungary
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Pianists

Also known as: Bartók Bela, Bela Bartók, Bartok, Bela Bartok

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Our peasant music, naturally, is invariably tonal, if not always in the sense that the inflexible major and minor system is tonal.

In art there are only fast or slow developments. Essentially it is a matter of evolution, not revolution.

The Enjoyment of Music : An Introduction to Perceptive Listening‎ (1955)

Competitions are for horses, not artists.

Piano Competitions: Talent Hunt or Sport?‎ by Carl Battaglia in The Saturday Review (1962)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Béla Bartók (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.