1. music presentation on bela bartok and nationalism
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2. General Overview
Generally, when Bela Bartok was composing nationalism song, he was influenced by nationalism movement to express the culture of local Hungarian people.
German elites ignored the traditions of the Hungarian people and their songs lacked traditional styles.
However, Bela Bartok concentrated his research work on traditional dances and came up with interesting Hungarian folk music.
Nationalist forces evident in youth works influenced the ideas to be expressed in music and other artistic works.
Moreover, the musical work by Bartok on nationalism used harmonic structure to ensure nationalism ideas were spread to many people (Bartók,  2015).

3. General Overview
Bela Bartok’s folk music involved use of progressive piece known as mikrokosmos in piano.
He is a Hungarian composer who has contributed greatly to music.
He is a pianist, teaches music and actively developed ethnomusicology field in Hungary.
Bela Bartok is ranked as the best composer of the 20th century in Eastern Europe.
Also, Bela Bartok developed musical skills since he was young with the help of his mother.
He composed a mix of nationalism with his melodies influenced by folk music of Romania (Bartók,  2015.

4. General Overview
Bela Bartok through his various contributions is viewed as a symbol of political radicalism.
Through his musical works, he was influenced by political situations to compose artistic work on Nationalism.
As a composer, Bela Bartok carried out extensive research on folk music and melodies relating to their element (Bartók,  2015.
He has composed orchestra music and many folk songs and is known to have founded comparative musicology.

5. listening notes
The Hungarian music was presented by means of instrumental styles.
Through bending of knees, the musical work drew the attention of Hungarian folk music fans.
The first movement aimed at composing something which is Hungarian in style.
The National movement influenced many people to conceptualize Hungarian folk music by the help of Bela Bartok (Bennighof, 2001).
Also, the second movement through glisser style enabled Bela Bartok to demonstrate how Hungarian traditions are important in composing folk music.
Bela Bartok in his work utilized western romantic influences to attract more audience.

6. Structure
Bela Bartok’s folk song music was well organized with harmonic structure.
Proper music attires are usually won for particular sessions.
String quartet involved four men with guitars.
Turner movement by Bela Bartok enabled as followers to develop more interest in his music career.
Bela Bartok’s dual menuetto song utilized guitar as the main instrument in performance.
The opening theme reveals how Bartok is a hero in composing Hungarian folk music.
Moreover, there is a dotted rhythm describing Hungarian nationalism (Slobin, 2011).

7. Used Forces
String quartet force revealed Bela Bartok’s artistic work.
His song contains revival of nationalism for musical inspirations.
More so, the harmonic structure is used to reveal the essence of language culture in spreading nationalism (Leerssen, 2014).
The actual piece documents how nationalist views spread in Hungary between 1902 and 1903.
The national dress in Hungarian culture was special and had a role in developing nationalist movement.

8. Used Forces
Hungarian folk music comprised of musical instruments (Leerssen, 2014).
Piano, strings and guitar were commonly used instruments in Hungarian traditional music.
There were two movements, the first and the second movements which involved many actors in Hungarian folk music.
Use of certain names like ‘Boske' was special because Germany language had dominated in Hungarian society.

9. Used Forces
Bela Bartok uses keyboard to play Romanian Christmas songs.
It is interesting how song rhythm produces impressing sounds which capture attention of audience.
Four minutes of listening reveals a long piece of nationalism ideas expressed by the composer.
In addition, Bela Bartok’s music for strings characterized back drop for lonely melodies
Dotted rhythm improves the way in which Hungarian dance is performed when Romantic influences are included in music elements (Leerssen, 2014).
Bela Bartok’s music involved mix of folksongs of Hungarian choir .

10. References
Bartók, B. (2015). Overview of Rumanian Folk Music. doi: /
Bennighof, J. (2001). Listening to Classic Hungarian folk Songs (review). Notes, 58(2), doi: /not
Leerssen, J. (2014). Forces on nationalism in music. Nations and Nationalism, 20(4), doi: /nana.12087
Slobin, M. (2011). 1. Overview: sound and setting structure. Folk Music, xvi-20. doi: /actrade/