Bela Bortok

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Bela Bartok
Bela Bartok is a Hungarian musician who was born in the town of Nagyszentmiklos on 25 March in 1881.His early musical influence came from his mother who was a skilled pianist. His father was also musically inclined, and so he grew up in a musical environment. As he grew up, his family moved, and he began taking lessons. Later on, he became a student at the renown Royal Academy of Music (Stevens, 4).He slowly developed his reputation as one of the bet pianists in the land and his reputation spread throughout the nation and he is famously recognized for revolutionizing music through his immense contributions to the art. He was known for his musical genius that was seen in his innovations, and he was an avid player of the solo piano, orchestra, and the string quartet.
His musical influence came from such artists as Brubeck and Zappa, and most of his works highlighted his musical influence from these influential figures. He has tremendous significance in musical history and is seen by many as one of the greatest musical inventors of the past. He had a different approach to rhythm, instrumental tone, and color, and his knowledge of the piano was often admired by many (Bartok, 14).He was able to use both the piano and the string quartet effectively to achieve his musical results. Many recognized his musical discoveries and inventions, as he was able to use his lyrical music genius in many different ways. He was also able to create musical discoveries and inventions that shaped the perception of music and people admired his work.

He was able to make expressions and poetry in music that was appreciated by most of his admirers.
He was not a modernist in musical terms, but he was able to conduct extensive folk research and come up with his unique musical style that captivated audiences. He was able to bring out a new style and develop multiple rhythms in his music by the use of diversity. His music was inspired by nature, and he had a unique style of expressing himself through music. He brought about the awareness of the principles of music, and his style was admired worldwide because he was able to employ diversity in his musical work. His interest in folk music was a huge motivating factor for all of his work and he used this inspiration to come up with new musical works that were mostly based on this type of music.
Some of his earlier compositions showed a mixture of Romanticism and other elements of music that were based on his traditional culture. He later on diverted completely and focused on Hungarian pop music, which became his preferred subgenre (Stevens 12).Later on, his musical language began to change, and he engaged the use of emphasis and purpose in his music. He also began to get deeper into Hungarian folk music, and his music became more dissonant and unique. His technique remained constant, and people appreciated all his artwork that he expressed through music. He was an ethnomusicologist who appreciated his deep ethnic history and chose to express this culture by use of music.
He made trips all over Hungary as he made music and got deeply engrossed in his culture, He released a volume of his songs, and it was well accepted. He continued to embrace the ethnic traditions of Hungary and used this influence in his music. His reputation continued to spread, and he gained fame across the borders, as his music was authentic and unique. He began to go on musical tours where he won international recognition, and his works were recognized across the borders. He was a renowned pianist and musical composer who was known and appreciated everywhere (Boosey.com N.p,). He also continued to teach at the Academy of music where he continued to train upcoming young musicians on the relationship between culture and music. He wrote an essay titled “The Influence of Peasant Music on Modern Music on Modern Music” where he explained the significance of folk music to him and how it affected his musical compositions.
He was able to express and describe how the folk music could apply to contemporary art music. He continues to be recognized by many as one of the greatest musical composers of all time. He had a very high level of creativity and authenticity that was renowned and admired by many people as many composers struggled to produce relevant work, Bartok used his creativity to its fullest effect and was able to create constant exceptional work that received recognition because of the originality of his work in all contexts. His ability to capture audiences with his music that was authentic in content as was a folk song based caused him to maintain the position as one of the prominent artists of that particular period.
He captivated the audience with his rhythm and kept the audience in suspense by use of his emotional instrumental emphasis and vocal color. He was able to create songs that were used as folk dances and others of balletic significance as well (Bartók and Suchoff 6). He sometimes used breathtaking rhythmic propulsion and sonorities in his music. Other times his works had orchestrator tendencies, and they tended to be more somber and far fetching. He was able to keep the audience enchanted by his use of some emotional variances that could be felt through his music.
Works Cited
Stevens, Halsey. The Life and Music of Béla Bartók. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Print.
Bartók, Béla, and Benjamin Suchoff. Piano Music of Béla Bartók. New York: Dover Publications, 2014. Print.
Boosey.com. ‘Béla Bartók: Biography’. N.p., 2015. Web. 31 Oct. 2015. <http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/composer/composer_main.asp?composerid=2694&ttype=BIOGRAPHY>.
Bartok, Bela. ‘Three Hungarian Folk-Tunes’. New York: Boosey & Hawkes, 2013. Print.