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Béla Bartók

1881–1945 · Hungary

Béla Bartók (1881–1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist who fused rigorous modernist techniques with the folk musics of Eastern Europe that he collected and studied. UCMF 2023 paired his String Quartet No. 3 (1927) with Borys Liatoshynsky’s Third Quartet, highlighting the two composers’ shared fusion of experimental compositional trends with folk-derived material.

Composition

Performed at UCMF

String Quartet No. 3

UCMF 2023 · Conversations · Mar 19 · 1927 · Chamber

Performed by Bergamot Quartet (String quartet)

Presented as an uninterrupted, four-part work, Bartók’s String Quartet No. 3 (1927) is a daring synthesis of various sources of inspiration, combining adventurous modern tendencies with folk-inspired thematic material in complex contrapuntal motion. Like Liatoshynsky, the Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist fused the latest experimental compositional trends with themes and motifs derived from folk music. The work received international recognition after winning a competition held by the Musical Society Fund of Philadelphia and was premiered at London’s Wigmore Hall by the Waldbauer Quartet in 1929.

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