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By the time I had complete my 22nd year, I was a new man - an atheist.

I cannot conceive of music that expresses absolutely nothing.

It is odd that the Bible says, ‘God created man,’ whereas it is the other way round: man has created...

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Béla Bartók

Composer

Born: 1881-03-25

Died: 1945-09-26

Béla Bartók (25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and collector of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. He is considered one of the greatest composers of the 20th century and was also one of the founders of the field of ethnomusicology, the study and ethnography of folk music.More