Quiz on Béla Bartók

When was Béla Bartók born?

• 25 March 1881

• 14 November 2023

• 20 March 2025

• 26 September 1945

Which of the following is a well-known work by Béla Bartók?

• Piano Concerto No. 1

• Symphony No. 5

• The Rite of Spring

• Concerto for Orchestra

What was Béla Bartók's profession besides being a composer?

• Architect

• Painter

• Physicist

• Ethnomusicologist

Which composer was a contemporary of Béla Bartók?

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Johann Sebastian Bach

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Igor Stravinsky

Where did Béla Bartók die?

• New York, US

• Budapest, Hungary

• Vienna, Austria

• Paris, France

What was the primary focus of Bartók's music collection efforts?

• Opera scores

• Classical symphonies

• Jazz compositions

• Folk music and dances

Which piece by Bartók was used in the movie 'The Shining'?

• Piano Concerto No. 3

• The Miraculous Mandarin

• Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste

• Concerto for Orchestra

What did Bartók and Zoltán Kodály use to collect folk songs?

• Tape recorders

• Phonographs

• Wax cylinders

• Digital recorders

What was Bartók's request regarding street names in Budapest?

• No street named after him until Hitler and Mussolini's names were removed

• To have a street named after him immediately

• To have a concert hall named after him

• To have a school named after him

Which orchestra commissioned Bartók's 'Concerto for Orchestra'?

• New York Philharmonic

• Berlin Philharmonic

• London Symphony Orchestra

• Boston Symphony Orchestra