# Béla Bartók — Every Record We Rank

Béla Bartók appears once in our Modernism list, placing as high as No. 6. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 1
- **Appears on:** Modernism
- **Year:** 1936
- **Highest placing:** No. 6 in Modernism
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/bela-bartok/

## Appears on

### [Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta](https://waxonia.com/track/bela-bartok--music-for-strings-percussion-and-celesta/)

*1936 · No. 6 in [Modernism](https://waxonia.com/genre/modernism/)*

A fugue that expands outwards in semitones from a single note, and a night-music slow movement of extraordinary strangeness. Folk research and mathematics, in the same piece.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/B%C3%A9la%20Bart%C3%B3k%20Music%20for%20Strings%2C%20Percussion%20and%20Celesta) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-9LWHEf0VFo)

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