Bela Bartok
(1881-1945) Composer

Born 25 March 1881 at Sannicolau Mare, Romania.
Died 26 September 1945 in New York.

Bela Bartok was a 'Hungarian Romanian' who lived in Transylvania until he was seven years old. When his father died in 1888, his mother moved away from Romania with her son to the Ukraine. The Foundation has his book 'Rumanian Folk Music', translated into English.