Béla Bartók

Birth Name:
Béla Viktor János Bartók
Birth Date:
March 25, 1881
Birth Place:
Sânnicolau Mare, Romania
Death Date:
September 26, 1945
Place of Death:
West Side Hospital, New York, New York
Age:
64
Cause of Death:
Leukemia
Cemetery Name:
Farkasréti Cemetery
Claim to Fame:
Music
Béla Bartók was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and one founders of comparative musicology (ethnomusicologist). He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century, and he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest composers.

Fun Fact

Originally buried at Ferncliff Cemetery in New York, Bartók’s body was exhumed in the 1980s after the Hungarian communist government requested that he be returned to Hungary for a state funeral. His old, boring grave marker still remains as a cenotaph in the St. Peter section, grave 470.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Farkasréti Cemetery

Németvölgyi út 99

Budapest, New York, 1124

Hungary

Europe

Map:

Grave Location:

Parcel 470

Grave Location Description

Both the graves of Sir Georg Solti and Bela Bartok are easy to find as they are near the main gate located at the southern side of the cemetery

If one has difficulty finding a particular grave, information is available in several languages at the entrance.

Grave Location GPS

47.482189, 19.000059

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Read More About Béla Bartók:

Videos Featuring Béla Bartók:
Béla Bartók // Short Biography - Introduction To The Composer
Béla Bartók's String Quartet N° 4: Analysis
Great Composers: Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók Documentary
Béla Bartók's Infinite Tonality
Béla Bartók - Allegro Barbaro (Sz.49)
Béla Bartók - String Quartet No. 1
Bartók Interview from the Ask the Composer series
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