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I cannot conceive of music that expresses absolutely nothing.

Bela Bartok

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Bela Bartok
Age: 64 †
Born: 1881
Born: March 25
Died: 1945
Died: September 26
Choreographer
Collector Of Folk Music
Composer
Entomologist
Ethnomusicologist
Music Pedagogue
Musician
Musicologist
Pedagogue
Pianist
Sannicolau Mare
Béla Viktor János Bartók
Bela Bartok
Bela Viktor Janos Bartok
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Conceive
Absolutely
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