I knew that Bartok,by all accounts,was a fabulous pianist.But I was not aware that he knew how to smile.Only on YouTube have I ever come across images of a smiling Bartok and Rachmaninoff(of all people)!It`s official,I have now seen everything.Not that I could blame Bartok even if he had never smiled,considering all the hell he had to endure.He is my favorite composer of the 20th Century.He would be so joyous if he could see the vast appreciation that exists today for his great musical works!
The man has ethereal, otherwordly quality...is this something characteristic of all Hungarians?...if you grow up in Hungary you are going to be otherwordly?
@fredericfranc I think it might be true - every hungarian I've met has been a very special person - from the cab driver who used to get me to work to my piano teacher Szokolay - with whom I studied Bartok's music, even the Allegro Barbaro which Bartok plays in this clip. Bartok was a wonderful person. I studied the Hungarian language and it's wonderful to hear him speak.
He was such a beautiful looking man. Small features, delicate looking, almost frail. His signficance in music will only grow. I just read in Wiki, that his funeral was attended by only 10 people.
Magyar bizony! Hol van ilyenkor az a sok "nagy" magyar kommentelő? Egy magyar szót sem látok... így is van! Nézzetek tv-t, hallgassatok hülyeséget. Ha Bartók neve meghal Magyarországon, meghalnak a magyarok is vele együtt. Ha most élne, szégyellné, hogy annyi mindent tett a magyar zenéért. Szégyellje magát ez az ország, és szégyellje magát mindenki, aki nem ért egyet velem, én azt mondom.
@tiszaipeter I seem to recall seeing (and hearing) more of this interview on YT. The voice here resembles Bartok's voice on the "Ask the Composer" interview. True, the clicking camera effect and poor sync render the audio suspect. Along these lines, his motion at the piano does not seem to jibe with the Allegro Barbaro. Perhaps his recording was dubbed in. No matter - I watch this clip for Bartok's beautiful, sweet smile... so unexpected! Great vid... thanks!
@tiszaipeter Also, the micing seems quite close on the audio, and the voice is very soft. Bartok appears too far from the mic to produce that effect. And it does not sound like a 1942 mic. So, I accept your comment!
Merci, merci, merci,merci,merci, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you very very vey very much for this video ! First time I can see him in a film and hear his voice, absolument génial, absolutly fabulous, Is there any film with more pictures of him ?
26 septembre 1945 - 26 septembre 2010, 65 years after, and still alive !!! Bonjour à tous ceux qui aiment Bartok, from France
I will never forget the first time I saw this footage- in a video biography of Yehudi Menuhin. My wife was asleep, and when I saw Bartok, moving, playing, in color, SMILING, no less, I started hitting her on the arm saying 'It's him! It's him! It's him!" I was in shock! It is wonderful to see more of this footage. Thank you SO MUCH for posting this!
Incredibly fascinating to see these greats "in flesh and blood" before your eyes after so many time spent listening to their music, looking at their portraits. One feels like catching glimpses of their personality in everyday life. I just couldn't imagine Bartok openly smiling the way he do in this footage.
(another stunning video: Shostakovich at the rehersal of his "Nose" in the Seventies).
What a fantastic find this is! Thank you for making it available to the You Tube audience. Question: Is the music in the beginning an early Bartok work? If so, what is it?
Wow! Such a sweet smile - who knew? His comment about English being hard to learn alone is sad. He'd already been in the US 2 years. Bartok lived in Queens, NYC, which is remote- practically a foreign country to most New Yorkers. He should have gone to Yorkville like my grandparents, and spoken Magyar! His smile is poignant, and shows his relief at being with a fellow Hungarian. Listen to him speak English 2 years after this - search "Bartok Interview" here. Great post - thank you, reflemma!!
hehe. ok, listen to music for string, celesta & percussion, m. mandarin, the piano concertos and stringg quartetts no 2-5.. If it doesn´t speak to you, and still don´t understand. Listen to something else.!
This is my favorite video on Youtube. To see footage of Bartok, my favorite composer and something of a hero to me, talking, playing and smiling is incredible. Thank you.
He says:" It's quite hard to practise alone. Now we talk in hungarian language between each other" It's in America from 1942. There're some clips from Bartók too. This house what you can see was his home in Budapest on Gellért montain. This house's a museum of him now.
Wonderful! I knew there had to be some video footage of Bartok. It almost brings him back to life, and here we even get to hear him talk (and actually smile too). Too bad that its so short. Does anybody know what he's saying?
Thank you !!!!!
szakacszoltan 2 months ago in playlist 20th Century Hungarian Composers
Verily a unique individual as well as a refined composer.
JulianBaynes1 2 months ago
ohhhhh. hulk sad.
niemandwillswissen 3 months ago
Humaniste véritable , musicien merveilleux et génie solitaire...
MrSonatine 4 months ago
Farkaskakas osztom a véleményedet a magyar zenéről és Bartókról!!
Anotherqween 6 months ago
bartok and kodaly is the two leader in the music
99AHAB 7 months ago
I did not know that those Bartok footages existed. Very moving to watch. Thanks !
yvesnatXXI 8 months ago
I knew that Bartok,by all accounts,was a fabulous pianist.But I was not aware that he knew how to smile.Only on YouTube have I ever come across images of a smiling Bartok and Rachmaninoff(of all people)!It`s official,I have now seen everything.Not that I could blame Bartok even if he had never smiled,considering all the hell he had to endure.He is my favorite composer of the 20th Century.He would be so joyous if he could see the vast appreciation that exists today for his great musical works!
brianwells456comcast 9 months ago 4
Could ANYONE SHOW ME HOW THE PEASANT PRAYER NO. 40 CAN BE PLAYED? THANKS. JOELLE
joecopti 9 months ago
The man has ethereal, otherwordly quality...is this something characteristic of all Hungarians?...if you grow up in Hungary you are going to be otherwordly?
fredericfranc 1 year ago 4
@fredericfranc I think it might be true - every hungarian I've met has been a very special person - from the cab driver who used to get me to work to my piano teacher Szokolay - with whom I studied Bartok's music, even the Allegro Barbaro which Bartok plays in this clip. Bartok was a wonderful person. I studied the Hungarian language and it's wonderful to hear him speak.
aspergershawn 1 year ago
He was such a beautiful looking man. Small features, delicate looking, almost frail. His signficance in music will only grow. I just read in Wiki, that his funeral was attended by only 10 people.
miker2001 1 year ago 2
Bela Bartok and Frank Martin ... Love and Paradise .
KishoAudioVisual 1 year ago
Isten Haza Szeretet
peti9764 1 year ago
Magyar bizony! Hol van ilyenkor az a sok "nagy" magyar kommentelő? Egy magyar szót sem látok... így is van! Nézzetek tv-t, hallgassatok hülyeséget. Ha Bartók neve meghal Magyarországon, meghalnak a magyarok is vele együtt. Ha most élne, szégyellné, hogy annyi mindent tett a magyar zenéért. Szégyellje magát ez az ország, és szégyellje magát mindenki, aki nem ért egyet velem, én azt mondom.
farkaskakas 1 year ago
It isn't his voice, it's an actor voice... This was originally silent movie!
tiszaipeter 1 year ago
@tiszaipeter I seem to recall seeing (and hearing) more of this interview on YT. The voice here resembles Bartok's voice on the "Ask the Composer" interview. True, the clicking camera effect and poor sync render the audio suspect. Along these lines, his motion at the piano does not seem to jibe with the Allegro Barbaro. Perhaps his recording was dubbed in. No matter - I watch this clip for Bartok's beautiful, sweet smile... so unexpected! Great vid... thanks!
camaysar222 1 year ago
@tiszaipeter Also, the micing seems quite close on the audio, and the voice is very soft. Bartok appears too far from the mic to produce that effect. And it does not sound like a 1942 mic. So, I accept your comment!
camaysar222 1 year ago
Gorgeous! I can finally see him playing and listening to his voice!
MarcheseCadmio88 1 year ago
Merci, merci, merci,merci,merci, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you very very vey very much for this video ! First time I can see him in a film and hear his voice, absolument génial, absolutly fabulous, Is there any film with more pictures of him ?
26 septembre 1945 - 26 septembre 2010, 65 years after, and still alive !!! Bonjour à tous ceux qui aiment Bartok, from France
Kotrabalebful 1 year ago
I will never forget the first time I saw this footage- in a video biography of Yehudi Menuhin. My wife was asleep, and when I saw Bartok, moving, playing, in color, SMILING, no less, I started hitting her on the arm saying 'It's him! It's him! It's him!" I was in shock! It is wonderful to see more of this footage. Thank you SO MUCH for posting this!
unmusica 1 year ago
Incredibly fascinating to see these greats "in flesh and blood" before your eyes after so many time spent listening to their music, looking at their portraits. One feels like catching glimpses of their personality in everyday life. I just couldn't imagine Bartok openly smiling the way he do in this footage.
(another stunning video: Shostakovich at the rehersal of his "Nose" in the Seventies).
MultiGargiulo 1 year ago
a beautiful Hungarian fellow-countryman.
morrisal 1 year ago
I cant believe what I just saw... it's stunning.
omgtkseth 1 year ago
can't believe that's Bartok...
PawelWysocki 2 years ago
The speaker says at the end that the voice of Bartók was reconstructed.
keskenyfilm 2 years ago
wow. what a profound thing to see. I mirror golafs sentiment
ligetispaghetti 2 years ago
My discovery of the year !
warhols25 2 years ago
>handsomerob48
The name of the piece is Allegro barbaro
He composed it in 1911
Tongpoo2009 2 years ago
What is the piece he's playing?
handsomerob48 2 years ago
look his eyes, you will know he's really a genius
kunstfugue 2 years ago 15
or really mad
PawelWysocki 2 years ago
Intense, thrilling. Thanks for sharing.
edogawaranpo 2 years ago
very, very valuable, this footage.
kudos,
John Robinson.
djrbfm 2 years ago 2
wow, great. first time I see video of bartok, after listening to his music for almost all my life... thx :)
golafs 3 years ago
What a fantastic find this is! Thank you for making it available to the You Tube audience. Question: Is the music in the beginning an early Bartok work? If so, what is it?
Musique3579 3 years ago 2
Wow! Such a sweet smile - who knew? His comment about English being hard to learn alone is sad. He'd already been in the US 2 years. Bartok lived in Queens, NYC, which is remote- practically a foreign country to most New Yorkers. He should have gone to Yorkville like my grandparents, and spoken Magyar! His smile is poignant, and shows his relief at being with a fellow Hungarian. Listen to him speak English 2 years after this - search "Bartok Interview" here. Great post - thank you, reflemma!!
camaysar222 3 years ago 3
This is fantastic, thanks so much. I have to say, it's rare to see Bartók smile, so it's quite a nice video that way!
AdamDallas 3 years ago
Fascinating. I've got the feeling that Bartok was a genuine person.
txikilin 3 years ago
He most definitely was. So kind, humble and loving. It shows in his music.
TheBlackPage1 3 years ago
I-can't-understand-Bartok-music.
Is-there-one-that-can-help-me-to-understand?
Thank-you.
battagliaafricana 3 years ago
Learn to love the fire, to be alive is to be burning.
txikilin 3 years ago
what?
battagliaafricana 3 years ago
hehe. ok, listen to music for string, celesta & percussion, m. mandarin, the piano concertos and stringg quartetts no 2-5.. If it doesn´t speak to you, and still don´t understand. Listen to something else.!
golafs 3 years ago
grazie. Farò come dici, poi mi farò vivo.
Goodbye
battagliaafricana 3 years ago
Is it from a documentary?
tempodimarcia 3 years ago
This is my favorite video on Youtube. To see footage of Bartok, my favorite composer and something of a hero to me, talking, playing and smiling is incredible. Thank you.
tempodimarcia 3 years ago 20
I agree. It really is wonderful.
HD41117 3 years ago 4
@tempodimarcia i agree. such fire and emotion. prodigy
GastroGreen 1 year ago
He says:" It's quite hard to practise alone. Now we talk in hungarian language between each other" It's in America from 1942. There're some clips from Bartók too. This house what you can see was his home in Budapest on Gellért montain. This house's a museum of him now.
refiemma 3 years ago 7
Thanks so much, I hope I can find more clips now that I know they exist.
Masbirreo 3 years ago
@refiemma Thank You very much,,,,, this is one of the best videos that I never Seen
TheUsuarioyo 1 year ago
@refiemma beautifull house
fuckingharpsichord 1 year ago
Well, I can finally see footage of the musician I revered for the last 19 years, there is a God!
Can anyone translate what is he saying? Is there any footage available? Or radio interviews, there has to be, especially when he was in America.
Thanks to you I'm a very happy guy, Refiemma.
Masbirreo 3 years ago
Wonderful! I knew there had to be some video footage of Bartok. It almost brings him back to life, and here we even get to hear him talk (and actually smile too). Too bad that its so short. Does anybody know what he's saying?
amconejo 3 years ago