Béla Bartók
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Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25 1881 – September 26 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and collector of folk music. He is considered one of the greatest composers of the 20th century and was also one of the founders of the field of ethnomusicology, through his analytical study and ethnography of folk music.
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