Bartók Béla
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Bar·tók
(bär′tŏk′, -tôk′), Béla 1881-1945. Hungarian pianist and composer whose works, including the music for the opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle (1911) and Concerto for Orchestra (1943), combine Eastern European folk music with dissonant harmonies.
Bar·tók′i·an adj.
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