Béla Bartók was a composer. He travelled to write down village songs, and the scores carry that collecting. He left Hungary for the United States during the war and died in New York in 1945. His remains were later returned to Budapest. The life can be told in that order.
Gând
A sample thought. A friend would say how the ordinary days were the ones that stayed.
Thomas
Gând
A sample thought. Someone who was taught, or helped, would leave a few lines here.
Nora
Poveste
The walk home
This is a sample story, so the page can show a longer memory. A daughter would write the walk home, the song in the kitchen, and the sentence that is still repeated.
Anna
Fotografie
Original uploader was Pilgab at hu.wikipedia · Public domain
Fotografie
Unknown author · Public domain
Lumânare
A sample candle that stays lit.
Elena
Lumânare
A sample light for the name we still say.
Sofia
Videoclipuri
A piece played at home
A sample film for Béla Bartók. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
The piece from the kitchen
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for Béla Bartók.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Born
Béla Bartók was born in 1881.
Cronologie
Collecting songs
He and Zoltán Kodály published a first set of Hungarian folk songs, the start of years of collecting trips.
Cronologie
Left for New York
He left Hungary and settled in the United States.
Cronologie
Died in New York
He died in New York. In 1988 his remains were returned to Budapest.
Întâlnire
A Sunday visit
A sample gathering for Béla Bartók. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1881
1906
1940
1945