|
The building of the RCH Institute for Musicology will be closed between November 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023 due to technical reasons. The staff of the Institute can be reached by email. Thank you for your understanding!
This closure only concerns the Institute itself, the Museum of Music History is still open from 10:00 to 16:00 every day, except for Mondays. |
The Budapest Bartók Archives
The Budapest Bartók Archives (in Hungarian: Bartók Archívum) has two functions. It is a central collection of Bartókiana, from primary sources to secondary literature; and at the same time a research institute, a meeting point of international Bartók studies on the life and work of the Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist Béla Bartók (1881–1945).
As a counterpart to Bartók’s estate in the USA, the Budapest Bartók Archives was based on the composer’s manuscripts and library left behind in Hungary. In addition to keeping the second largest collection of compositional autographs, the Archives has a significant collection of documents belonging to his folk-music studies, part of Bartók’s personal library (printed music, books, and periodicals), correspondence, and personal collections (concert programs, newspaper clippings, photos, etc.).
