Life and Music of Bela Bartok and His Collection of 44 Duos for Two Violins
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Life and Music of Bela Bartok and His Collection of 44 Duos for Two Violins
Bela Bartok was born on March 25, 1881 in Eastern Hungary. When Bela Bartok was just a little child he started to have great interest in music. Young Bela reacted to certain favorite pieces of music even before he began to speak at the age of 2 and a half .He began piano lessons with his mother at the age of 7. His success with being a great composer was probably genetic; his father played the piano, composed minor dance pieces, founded the Nagyszentmiklos Music League and later learnt to play the cello so that he could take his place in the orchestra of the League. His mother was an accomplished pianist. Unfortunately his father passed away in 1888, which traumatized Bela. Music ceased to stop after the tragic death of his father. The sad days flowed into long and difficult years during which the mother had to maintain the family. The loss of the father served to strengthen the ties between mother and son...