1945 Death Bela V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64 1945 Death Bela Bartok, composer, dies at 64 1944 Event Bela Bartok's Concerto for orchestra, premoeres 1941 Event Bela Bartok's 6th string quartet, premieres in New York City 1939 Event 1st performance of Bela Bartok's 2nd Concerto for violin 1935 Birthday Arvo Part, born in Paide, Estonia, classical composer, celebrated for minimalist style, influenced by European jazz, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Bartok 1934 Event Bela Bartok's "Enchanted Deer," premieres 1929 Birthday Eva Bartok, Budapest Hungary, actress, Assassin, Crimson Pirate 1923 Event Bela Bartok's "Tancsuite," premieres 1921 Birthday Geza Anda, Hungarian/Swiss pianist, Mozart/Bartok 1916 Birthday Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, violinist and conductor, Bartok's Sonata 1904 Birthday Paul Arma, born in Budapest, born Weisshaus Imre, pianist, composer, ethnomusicologist, studied under Bela Bartok, piano soloist with Radio Paris 1904 Event Bela Bartok's symphony "Kossuth," premieres 1881 Birthday Bela Bartok, born in Hungary, composer/pianist, Concerto for Orchestra