b. 25/03/1881 in Nagyszentmiklós, today Sânnicolau Mare, Romania
d. 25/09/1945 in New York, U.S.A.
He was a Hungarian composer, pianist and collector of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music.
He was married to the pianist
Ditta Pásztory-Bartók. His 2nd son,
Peter Bartok became a recording engineer.