The Miraculous Circumstance: Bartok, Folklorist

The Miraculous Circumstance: Bartok, Folklorist

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1983

Runtime

0h 38m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

30%

Original Title

The Miraculous Circumstance: Bartok, Folklorist

Director

Barrie Gavin

Description

In 1906 the young Bela Bartok set out to discover the forgotten music of his people. He found a vast treasure of folk music all over Eastern Europe, and he called his discovery 'a miraculous circumstance'. In this film the late A. L. Lloyd retraces Bartok's journeys through Hungary and Romania to rediscover that treasure of native music.