From the Village to the Concert Hall

Bartók recording folk music. His subject sings into the horn of an Edison phonograph, which incised a cylinder disk with a needle.

Bela Bartók was one of the earliest ethnomusicologists.

Here is a field recording he made of Romanian folk dances.

Here is his piano composition entitle Romanian Folk Dances.

Here is a folk song he recorded:

The same piece, transcribed for two violins:

A piece by Bartók, based on a folk song he transcribed in Slovakia: