[The death of Béla Bartók in New York. On the centenary of his birth, May 25th 1981 (author's transl)]

Journal/Book: MMW Munch Med Wochenschr. 1981; 123: 525-9.

Abstract: Soon after the Hungarian composer B. Bartók had emigrated to America in 1940, he developed a relapsing myelocytic leukemia while in New York, which was accompanied by joint complaints and pyrexia. Bartók, now reduced to a skeleton, fell a victim of pneumonia in 1945. In spite of blood transfusions and oxygen respiration he succumbed to his condition on 26th September 1945 at the age of 64.

Keyword(s): Famous Persons|. Leukemia, Myeloid|HI. Music|HI

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