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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Bartok's Divertimento for String Orchestra floated on air, ripe and relaxed.
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Sam Hayden,
Gothic Nightclub Owner
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The program also includes Bartok's Romanian Folk Dances and Beethoven's Symphony No.
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Sveta Romanova,
Intelligence Officer
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During his studies he was especially influenced by Bela Bartok and Serge Prokofiev but soon proceeded to try new methods of composition, which were gradually penetrating into Czech music in the 1960's.
Through his studies with Nadia Boulanger and exposure to an extremely rich musical environment he became very familiar with the works of Bartok and the later works of Stravinsky and Messiaen.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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Like Bartok and other European composers, Ives' melodic material is derived largely from traditional tunes although he drew occasionally from Beethoven and Brahms.
Moreover, the recordings of Bartok violin concerto & viola concerto were released in fall of 1996.
A lilting performance of Szigeti's arrangement of Bartok's Hungarian Folk Tunes provided a charismatic encore.
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Anita Ganesh,
Poet
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Bartok's opera is unique in confrontation of traditional character and composer's originality.
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Billie Kirgan,
Machinist
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Will Bartok and Stravinsky loom as large as Bach and Beethoven do to us, today?
He later moved back to Hungary and studied at the Bela Bartok Conservatory.
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