Birth of Bela Viktor Janos Bartok
Birth of Bela Viktor Janos Bartok
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Bela Viktor Janos Bartok Biography and Timeline
Follow Bela Viktor Janos Bartok through 16 dated historical records for Hungary.
Bela Viktor Janos Bartok, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
16Distinct records
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1881–1945Years on this page
1881
Bela Bartok Born
The future Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist is born.
Birth of Bela Bartok
Bela Bartok is born in Nagyszentmiklos.
1903
Kossuth
Bartok wrote his first major orchestral work, Kossuth, a symphonic poem which honored Lajos Kossuth, hero of the Hungarian revolution of 1848
1909
Marriage
Marries M rta Ziegler
1917
The Wooden Prince
Composition of "The Wooden Prince "
1923
The Miraculous Mandarin
Composition of "The Miraculous Mandarin"
1926
Nine Little Pieces
Writes his Sonata, Out of Doors, and Nine Little Pieces, all for solo piano
Out of Doors
Writes his Sonata, Out of Doors, and Nine Little Pieces, all for solo piano
Sonata
Writes his Sonata, Out of Doors, and Nine Little Pieces, all for solo piano
1930
Cantata Profana
Composition of "Cantata Profana"
1934
The String Quartet No. 5
Composition of "The String Quartet No. 5"
1936
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Composition of "Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta"
1939
String Quartet No 6
,the sadness of which has been related to the death of Bartoks mother and the looming war in Europe
1943
Concerto for Orchestra
Composition of "Concerto for Orchestra"
1945
Death of Bela Viktor Janos Bartok
Death of Bela Viktor Janos Bartok
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.