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:

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

Photos:

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FAQ's

Béla Bartók was born on March 25, 1881.

Béla Bartók was born in Sânnicolau Mare, Romania.

Béla Bartók died on September 26, 1945.

Béla Bartók died in West Side Hospital, New York, New York.

Béla Bartók was 64.

The cause of death was Leukemia.

Béla Bartók's grave is in Farkasréti Cemetery

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

Béla Bartók