 - 1. How many piano pieces did Bartók write between the ages of 9 and 13?
A) 10 B) 31 C) 1902 D) 14
- 2. What was the name of Bartók's ten-part programmatic work written between 1890 and 1894?
A) Bluebeard's Castle B) Fourteen Bagatelles C) The Course of the Danube D) Kossuth
- 3. Which composer's tone poem revitalized Bartók's creative energies in 1902?
A) Richard Strauss B) Claude Debussy C) Robert Schumann D) Johannes Brahms
- 4. Which specific work by Richard Strauss did Bartók transcribe for the piano?
A) Kossuth B) Ein Heldenleben C) Also sprach Zarathustra D) Bluebeard's Castle
- 5. What is the subject of Bartók's 1903 symphonic poem Kossuth?
A) Transylvanian folk legends B) The 1848 Hungarian war of independence C) The Danube River D) The life of Bach
- 6. What event in 1904 sparked Bartók's lifelong devotion to folk music?
A) Meeting Ferruccio Busoni B) Reading the scores of Wagner C) A public recital in 1892 D) Overhearing his nanny singing Transylvanian folk songs
- 7. What was the name of the nanny who sang the folk songs that influenced Bartók?
A) No name given B) Lidi Dósa C) Magyar peasant D) Carpathian singer
- 8. In his writing about folk music, to which composer did Bartók compare his method of adding accompaniment to peasant melodies?
A) Wagner B) Debussy C) Bach D) Strauss
- 9. In what year did Bartók first become acquainted with the music of Debussy?
A) 1911 B) 1908 C) 1903 D) 1907
- 10. According to Bartók in 1939, what was the 'great service' Debussy provided to music?
A) Reawakening an awareness of harmony B) Revealing the significance of counterpoint C) Developing progressive forms D) Creating a synthesis of folk music
- 11. Which work of Bartók's led Ferruccio Busoni to exclaim, 'At last something truly new!'?
A) Fourteen Bagatelles B) Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra C) Kossuth D) Bluebeard's Castle
- 12. What caused Bartók to focus on folk music research and abandon composition after 1911?
A) The start of the war B) A lack of inspiration from Strauss C) The negative reception of his work D) A desire to retire from music
- 13. Which composers' styles did Bartók's compositions resemble during his time in Catholic grammar school?
A) Schumann and Brahms B) Liszt and Chopin C) Debussy and Strauss D) Bach and Wagner
- 14. What did Bartók consider to be his 'musical mother tongue' regarding peasant music?
A) The unchanged peasant melody B) The imitation of a peasant melody C) The accompanying phrases D) The completely absorbed idiom
- 15. How old was Bartók when he married Márta Ziegler in 1909?
A) 16 B) 19 C) 42 D) 28
- 16. Who was Bartók's second wife?
A) Márta Ziegler B) Béla Balázs C) Ditta Pásztory D) Ahmet Adnan Saygun
- 17. In what year did Bartók convert to Unitarianism?
A) 1909 B) 1936 C) 1923 D) 1916
- 18. What was one of Bartók's main interests outside of music?
A) Politics B) Mathematics C) Insects D) Painting
- 19. What is the name of Bartók's only opera?
A) Bluebeard's Castle B) Divertimento C) The Wooden Prince D) The Miraculous Mandarin
- 20. Who did Bartók collaborate with to study folk song classification?
A) Zoltán Kodály B) Ahmet Adnan Saygun C) Joan Llongueras i Badia D) Charles Seeger
- 21. In which country did Bartók collect folk music in 1913?
A) Spain B) Italy C) Algeria D) Turkey
- 22. Which composer influenced Bartók's 'The Wooden Prince'?
A) Debussy B) Schoenberg C) Stravinsky D) Strauss
- 23. What delayed the performance of 'The Miraculous Mandarin' until 1926?
A) The lack of a theater B) The story's sexual content C) The librettist's blacklist D) The outbreak of World War I
- 24. In what city did Bartók perform his Rhapsody for piano in 1927?
A) Adana B) Budapest C) Barcelona D) Vienna
- 25. In 1936, where did Bartók travel to study folk music with Ahmet Adnan Saygun?
A) Hungary B) Romania C) Bulgaria D) Turkey
- 26. How many revivals did 'Bluebeard's Castle' receive before Bartók emigrated?
A) None B) Three C) Ten D) One
- 27. What tool did Bartók find essential for collecting folk music?
A) Metronome B) Printing press C) Phonograph D) Piano
- 28. What was Béla Bartók's profession besides being a composer and pianist?
A) Physicist B) Diplomat C) Ethnomusicologist D) Architect
- 29. Which other composer is regarded alongside Bartók as one of Hungary's greatest?
A) Claude Debussy B) Franz Liszt C) Johannes Brahms D) Richard Strauss
- 30. Bartók is considered one of the founders of which field?
A) Modern linguistics B) Medieval history C) Classical philosophy D) Comparative musicology
- 31. In what year was Béla Bartók born?
A) 1891 B) 1871 C) 1901 D) 1881
- 32. Where was Bartók born?
A) Budapest B) Nagyszentmiklós C) Paris D) Bratislava
- 33. What was the name of Bartók's mother?
A) Erzsébet B) Maria C) Paula D) Lidi
- 34. At what age could Bartók play 40 pieces on the piano?
A) Eight B) Ten C) Six D) Four
- 35. Who was Bartók's composition teacher at the Royal Academy of Music?
A) János Koessler B) László Erkel C) István Thomán D) Franz Liszt
- 36. Which of these individuals was a student of Bartók?
A) János Koessler B) István Thomán C) Sir Georg Solti D) László Erkel
- 37. What scale did Bartók and Kodály discover was the basis for old Hungarian folk melodies?
A) Pentatonic B) Chromatic C) Whole-tone D) Diatonic
- 38. What title was given to Bartók's two volumes containing 80 folk tunes?
A) Folk Melodies B) Hungarian Rhapsodies C) Peasant Songs D) For Children
- 39. Bartók was especially fond of the asymmetrical dance rhythms found in the music of which nation?
A) Hungary B) Slovakia C) Bulgaria D) Romania
- 40. In what year did Béla Bartók emigrate to the United States?
A) 1940 B) 1945 C) 1933 D) 1942
- 41. What political group did Bartók strongly oppose?
A) The Allied Powers B) The Nazi Party C) The American Socialist Party D) The Hungarian Communist Party
- 42. Where did Bartók and his wife settle after arriving in the United States?
A) Boston B) Florida C) Chicago D) New York City
- 43. What health condition was Bartók eventually diagnosed with in 1944?
A) Leukemia B) Stiffening of the shoulder C) Polycythemia D) Tuberculosis
- 44. Who commissioned Bartók to write a Sonata for Solo Violin in 1944?
A) Yehudi Menuhin B) Serge Koussevitzky C) Fritz Reiner D) Joseph Szigeti
- 45. In what year did Bartók become a United States citizen?
A) 1940 B) 1945 C) 1988 D) 1942
- 46. Where was Bartók initially interred after his death?
A) Farkasréti Cemetery B) Columbia University C) Will Rogers Memorial Hospital D) Ferncliff Cemetery
- 47. Who completed the two unfinished works Bartók left behind?
A) György Sándor B) Tibor Serly C) Nelson Dellamaggiore D) Péter Bartók
- 48. Which institution provided Bartók with a research fellowship?
A) Will Rogers Memorial Hospital B) Columbia University C) Boston Symphony Orchestra D) The United States Navy
- 49. When were Bartók's remains transferred to Budapest?
A) 1990 B) 1982 C) 1988 D) 1945
- 50. What is the characteristic style described as 'eerie dissonances providing a backdrop to sounds of nature'?
A) Folk rhapsody B) Diatonic suite C) Modernist symphony D) Night music
- 51. In which movements of compositions did Bartók mostly use his 'night music' style?
A) Finale movements B) Opening movements C) Slow movements D) Dance interludes
- 52. What movement of Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta is cited as an example of night music?
A) Second movement (Allegro) B) Fourth movement (Finale) C) Third movement (Adagio) D) First movement (Andante)
- 53. What did the diatonic system of harmony serve composers for prior to the 20th century?
A) 100 years B) 500 years C) 200 years D) 50 years
- 54. Who provided Bartók with stormy and inspiring contact during the summer of 1915?
A) Zoltán Kodály B) Béla Bartók C) Denijs Dille D) Klára Gombossy
- 55. Who researched the hidden episode between Bartók and Klára Gombossy between 1979 and 1989?
A) Klára Gombossy B) Béla Bartók C) Franz Liszt D) Denijs Dille
- 56. Which composition did Bartók complete in 1917?
A) Suite for piano opus 14 B) The Wooden Prince C) The Miraculous Mandarin D) Dance Suite
- 57. In what year did Bartók compose The Miraculous Mandarin?
A) 1916 B) 1923 C) 1920 D) 1919
- 58. How did Bartók perceive the outcome of World War I?
A) As an inspiration for war music B) As a personal tragedy C) As a political victory D) With complete indifference
- 59. Where was Béla Bartók born?
A) Budapest B) Bratislava C) Transylvania D) The Banat
- 60. In what year did Bartók marry for the second time?
A) 1915 B) 1920 C) 1923 D) 1919
- 61. Which city was the home of Bartók's mother, which was later severed from Hungary?
A) Bratislava B) Budapest C) Transylvania D) The Banat
- 62. What was the title of the work Bartók wrote in 1923?
A) Eight Improvisations B) Suite for piano C) The Wooden Prince D) Dance Suite
- 63. In what year did Bartók seek a significant piece for piano and orchestra to tour with?
A) 1926 B) 1945 C) 1930 D) 1920
- 64. Which American composer inspired Bartók's use of tone clusters?
A) Milton Babbitt B) George Perle C) Richard Cohn D) Henry Cowell
- 65. Which work did Bartók describe as his most personal credo?
A) Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta B) Concerto for Orchestra C) Cantata Profana D) Third Piano Concerto
- 66. Who analyzed Bartók's work based on opposing tonal systems, the acoustic scale, and the axis system?
A) Milton Babbitt B) Elliott Antokoletz C) Ernő Lendvai D) Richard Cohn
- 67. In which work did Bartók want to show Schoenberg that one can use all twelve tones and still remain tonal?
A) Fourth Quartet B) Second Violin Concerto C) Third String Quartet D) Second Quartet
- 68. Which composer criticized Bartók for using tonality and non-tonal methods unique to each piece?
A) Milton Babbitt B) Henry Cowell C) Richard Cohn D) George Perle
- 69. What structural principle did Ernő Lendvai identify in Bartók's compositions?
A) Strict imitation B) Sonata-rondo form C) Strict twelve-tone rows D) Golden section
- 70. How many string quartets did Bartók compose?
A) Eight B) Four C) Ten D) Six
- 71. What is the primary theme of no. 6 of the Eight Improvisations composed of?
A) Black keys B) White keys C) Tone clusters D) Diatonic triads
- 72. In what year did Bartók stop assigning opus numbers?
A) 1994 B) 1921 C) 1941 D) 1929
- 73. What does the DD cataloguing system cover?
A) Field recordings B) Operas C) Orchestral works D) Juvenilia
- 74. Who created the BB number catalogue?
A) Denijs Dille B) András Szőllősy C) Zoltán Kodály D) László Somfai
- 75. In what year did Bartók's works enter the public domain in the EU?
A) 2008 B) 2014 C) 2016 D) 2003
- 76. What machine did Bartók use to record folk melodies?
A) Digital recorder B) Tape recorder C) Gramophone D) Phonomotor
- 77. Which record label has released many of Bartók's field recordings and piano performances?
A) Pearl B) Hungaroton C) Decca Classics D) Tantara Records
- 78. How many discs are in the Decca Classics 'Complete Works' set?
A) 32 B) 6 C) 2 D) 1
- 79. What is the primary reason Bartók stopped using opus numbers?
A) Difficulty distinguishing original works from arrangements B) He lost his notes C) He switched to a thematic system D) His publisher forbade it
- 80. What company released a compilation of field recordings for two violas in 2014?
A) Hungaroton B) Pearl C) Decca Classics D) Tantara Records
- 81. Are Bartók's own performances included in the Decca Classics 'The Complete Works' set?
A) Only the piano concertos B) No C) Yes, all of them D) Only the folk recordings
- 82. In which city is the statue of Bartók located near the Spanjeplein-Place d'Espagne?
A) Paris B) Budapest C) Brussels D) London
- 83. When was the English Heritage blue plaque for Bartók unveiled at 7 Sydney Place?
A) 1997 B) 1999 C) 2005 D) 1980
- 84. In which city is the bust of Bartók located next to a bust of Ahmet Adnan Saygun?
A) Vienna B) Timișoara C) Ankara D) Toronto
- 85. In what year was Bartók inducted into the American Classical Musical Hall of Fame?
A) 1997 B) 1980 C) 2005 D) 1999
- 86. Who sculpted the bronze statue of Bartók at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto?
A) Jean-Yves Lechevallier B) Ahmet Adnan Saygun C) András Beck D) Imre Varga
- 87. What is the distance between Sânnicolau Mare and Timișoara?
A) 58 kilometres B) 81 kilometres C) 57 kilometres D) 29 kilometres
- 88. Which sculpture is found in the Square Béla-Bartók in Paris alongside the statue of Bartók?
A) The Walk of Fame Star B) Cristaux C) Sydney Place Plaque D) Nákó Castle
- 89. Which artist designed the fountain/sculpture Cristaux in Paris?
A) András Beck B) Jean-Yves Lechevallier C) Béla Bartók D) Imre Varga
- 90. In which city is the expressionist sculpture by András Beck located?
A) New York City B) Paris C) London D) Toronto
- 91. Where is Bartók's star on the Walk of Fame located?
A) W. 57th Street, New York City B) Sydney Place, London C) The Royal Conservatory, Toronto D) Karlsplatz-Passage, Vienna
- 92. At which address in New York City did Bartók spend the last year of his life?
A) 7 Sydney Place B) Csalán út 29 C) 309 W. 57th Street D) Karlsplatz-Passage
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