Coordination by Giovanna Polacco Antonella Di Michele The life of peasants, mainly in isolated villages, for Bartok has reserved, in its purity, melodies with an antique style and ancestral traits. The rhythms and the chants of the farming culture, not only Hungarian, were object of deeper studies for the compositor. Many of his compositions have been influenced by these traditions, including composition of pedagogic inspiration, such as the 44 duets for two violins.