Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
Settling In Budapest. Systematic Collection of Folk Songs (1907–1913)
SETTLING IN BUDAPEST. SYSTEMATIC COLLECTION OF FOLK SONGS ( 1 907-1 91 3) 1910 5 February - In the morning he arrives in Belényes, then from 6 February he is collecting for about a week in the valley of the Black-Körös, in the communities of Belényes, Vaskohmező, Kerpenyéd, and Vaskoh. In Paris a Hungarian festive concert (“Festival Hongrois ”) is being planned for March, and Bartok is also invited. 28 February - He writes to the organiser of the programme Sándor Kovács in Paris, about the propaganda for the concert, and he gives some information (among these he puts 1883 for Zoltán Kodály ’ s year of birth by mistake). 21 February - He elaborates his own programme in another letter. 28 February - Evening of sonatas held with Jenő Kerpely. They play Brahms’ E minor, Regers F major, and Beethovens C major. 5 March - He writes Sándor Kovács the time of his arrival in Paris. “But then many musician people should come to the concert, that’s the main thing” - he writes. 10 March - In the evening he arrives in Paris. 12 March - At the “Festival Hongrois ” he plays a piece by Árpád Szendy beside 12 pieces of his own 14 bagatells, then Phantasy and Rumanian Dance No. I, and finally Kodály ’s Sonata for Violoncello with cellist M. Mihalkovics. According to Bartok’s account “The Paris thing was organised awkwardly, but it will still give some results. Mere moral success”. 14 March - On his way home, from Munich he writes his sister in Szilad. 15 March - At the artistic evening of the Casino of Lipótváros he plays Bear Dance, Evening in Transylvania, Rumanian Dance No. 1, and Chopin’s Scherzo in B flat minor. József Szigeti and Frigyes Reiner, later to be among his music partners, also make their appearance at this concert. 17 March - Kodály ’s composer ’s evening is the introduction of the Waldbauer-Kerpely String Quartet at the same time. Bartok plays Piano Music Op. 3, and Sonata for Violoncello with Kerpely. - According to 119
