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Folk melodies are the embodiment of an artistic perfection of the highest order in fact, they are models of the way in which a musical idea can be expressed with utmost perfection in terms of brevity of form and simplicity of means.
Bela Bartok
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Bela Bartok
Age: 64 †
Born: 1881
Born: March 25
Died: 1945
Died: September 26
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