--- name: "Béla Bartók" canonical: "https://film.one/person/bela-bartok" fi1m_id: "bela-bartok" imdb_id: "nm0059388" tmdb_id: 1596223 wikidata_id: "Q83326" roles: ["Composer"] born: "25 March 1881" died: "26 September 1945" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T21:29:01.466047+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Béla Bartók ## Identity Béla Bartók - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bela-bartok - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** bela-bartok - **IMDb ID:** nm0059388 - **TMDB ID:** 1596223 - **Wikidata ID:** Q83326 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Bart%C3%B3k, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83326, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0059388/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1596223 Composer. Born 25 March 1881 in Sânnicolau Mare, Austria–Hungary [now Romania]. Died 26 September 1945. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 25 March 1881, Sânnicolau Mare, Austria–Hungary [now Romania] - **Died:** 26 September 1945 - **Also known as:** Béla Viktor János Bartók - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Bart%C3%B3k, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83326, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0059388/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1596223 ## Biography Béla Viktor János Bartók (25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Budapest and later taught there. Bartók is known for his orchestral, chamber and piano works, including *Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta* (1936). His pre-existing compositions have been used in films, notably the third movement of that piece in Stanley Kubrick’s *The Shining* (1980). He is also credited on *Scene of the Crime* (1970). *Sources: imdb.com, allmusic.com, discogs.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Shining* (1980), Fi1m 88, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shining.md) ## Complete filmography (33) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Home [Entomological Suite]* (2026), Music - *Saburo Teshigawara, Sayaka Shoji, and Rihoko Sato @ Château de Champlâtreux - Sur Mesure* (2026), Original Music Composer - *Lucas and Arthur Jussen play Bartók @ Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra* (2025), Original Music Composer - *The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra performs Béla Bartók* (2025), Original Music Composer - *Bluebeard's Castle* (2025), Music - *Rituel: Boulez & Millepied With Orchestre de Paris L.A Dance Project* (2025), Original Music Composer - *OSN: musiche ispirate all'acqua per Juraj Valčuha con l'Orchestra Rai* (2022), Original Music Composer - *Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle* (2018), Music - *Nivose* (2017), Music - *Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle* (2015), Music - *The Ghost Sonata* (2007), Music - *Bluebeard's Castle* (2007), Music - *The Miraculous Mandarin* (2001), Writer - *Der Eiskasten* (1990), Music - *Images cinématographiques de Bartok* (1989), Actor - *Hoppla!* (1988), Music - *Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company* (1986), Music - *Voglia di musica - Duo Conti-Belli* (1982), Original Music Composer - *Bluebeard's Castle* (1981), Music - *The Shining* (1980), Music — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shining.md) - *Monsieur René Magritte* (1978), Music - *My Homeland* (1976), Music - *Prefácio a Vergílio Ferreira* (1975), Music - *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, Original Music Composer - *Stick and Bone* (1968), Music - *Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World* (1968), Music - *De Tijd Geest* (1968), Music - *The Illiac Passion* (1967), Music - *Bluebeard's Castle* (1963), Music - *La battaglia* (1962), Music - *Algerian Refugees* (1958), Music - *Impressions de New York* (1956), Original Music Composer - *Jakub Hrůša and Seong-Jin Cho Baden-Baden Easter Festival 2025*, Original Music Composer ## Gallery - ![Béla Bartók](https://film.one/media/person/59629/gallery-2795a16325f9.jpg) Béla Bartók — RIA Novosti, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/B%C3%A9la_Bart%C3%B3k_1943.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![24 July 1945 letter from Werner Janssen to Nathaniel Shilkret (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/59629/gallery-9bf91d955bb6.jpg) 24 July 1945 letter from Werner Janssen to Nathaniel Shilkret (2010) — Niel Shell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/1945-07-24_letter_Janssen_to_Shilkret.jpg/1280px-1945-07-24_letter_Janssen_to_Shilkret.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Ditta Pásztory při přijímací zkoušce (1920)](https://film.one/media/person/59629/gallery-04e3c5ea7d07.jpg) Ditta Pásztory při přijímací zkoušce (1920) — AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Ditta_P%C3%A1sztory.jpg/1280px-Ditta_P%C3%A1sztory.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Draft of letter from Nathaniel Shilkret to Bela Bartok, page 1 (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/59629/gallery-ff9892ea566c.jpg) Draft of letter from Nathaniel Shilkret to Bela Bartok, page 1 (2010) — Niel Shell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Draft_letter_Shilkret_to_Bartok_p1.jpg/1280px-Draft_letter_Shilkret_to_Bartok_p1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Draft of letter from Nathaniel Shilkret to Bela Bartok, page 2 (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/59629/gallery-5abf5ca6fe0e.jpg) Draft of letter from Nathaniel Shilkret to Bela Bartok, page 2 (2010) — Niel Shell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Draft_letter_Shilkret_to_Bartok_p2.jpg/1280px-Draft_letter_Shilkret_to_Bartok_p2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 3 won - Grammy Trustees Award 1984: Grammy Trustees Award (won) - Kossuth Prize 1948: Kossuth Prize (won) - Knight of the Legion of Honour 1930: Knight of the Legion of Honour (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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