In September 1945 he died, leaving unfinished the last 17 bars of his “Concerto for Viola”. He received an honorary PhD from Columbia University, and continued with folk song research as a visiting assistant in Music until 1942. So, when war took over Europe, he reluctantly decided to go into exile and moved to the United States in 1940. “My main idea, which dominates me entirely, is the brotherhood of man over and above all conflicts … This is why I am open to influence by any fresh and healthy outside sources, be they Slovak, Romanian, Arabic or other,” he said. He was not a Jew, but said he was ready to become one just to protest against the persecution which was extending itself to Austria and Hungary. Wikipediaīartók firmly opposed the rise of Nazism, its persecution of the Jews and the banning of their work. Béla Bartók using a phonograph to record folk songs sung by peasants in what is now Slovakia.
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