Composer Bela Bartok collects field recordings of folk songs from Czech peasants. It moved him deeply. From that moment on, the 23-year-old dedicated himself to the collection, study and presentation ...

Classical music has never lived in a bubble. There has always been a free flow of ideas intersecting so-called art music and folk music. In this concert from Boston, they all come together: The ...

Considered one of the greatest composers of the 20th century Béla Bartók, was one of the founders of the field of ethnomusicology. Bartók had an affinity for Rumanian folk traditions because he felt ...

Like all nationalist composers, Bartók took inspiration from close to home. While the war raged in 1915 he protected Romanian rhythms and songs through works like this.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The intricate weave of Mat Maneri’s raspy viola and Lucian Ban’s full-bodied piano has been a jazz pleasure for ...