Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
Settling In Budapest. Systematic Collection of Folk Songs (1907–1913)
1910 CHRONICLES OF BÉLA BARTOK'S LIFE Bartoks account to Sándor Kovács “Kodály had enormous success. His soirée was a real sensation, as a heretofore totally unknown man appeared here as one of the foremost”. 19 March - Bartoks first composers evening, with the participation of the Waldbauer String Quartet. Programme: Hungarian premiere of Piano Quintet, world premiere of String Quartet No. 1, 10 pieces of the 14 bagatells. - After the two concerts he writes Sándor Kovács in Paris that his Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra Op. 1 and Kodály s String Quartet were accepted for the Zurich music festival in May. At the end of March (during the week of Easter) Bartok goes to Körösfő; previously he writes his mother in Pozsony about the Zurich plans and about preparing to go to Graz with his wife in the summer. 5 April - From Budapest he writes about the planned Zurich programme to Volkmar Andreae in Zurich, and suggests that they invite the Waldbauers for the performance of Kodálys String Quartet. (This wish was not granted.) On the 7th he sends the orchestral parts of Rhapsody, and is asking for 2 free tickets respectively to the rehearsals and the performance for himself and his wife. On the 10th he is asking for further tickets (1 to each occasion) for his mother who would also come, furthermore he suggests an easier variant for the horn part in Rhapsody. In the middle of April he is in Szilad visiting his sister. 21 April - He sends Ödön Mihalovichs biographical data to Sándor Kovács in Paris. 29 April - From Budapest he writes an introductory letter to the Romanian composer Dimitrie G. Kiriac in Bucharest; he offers to put his Romanian folk music collection at the disposition of a public library in Bucharest, and if they wish (and undertake half of the expenses) he would prepare his further collections in two copies: both for Budapest and for Bucharest. During this time the widowed Mrs Béla Bartok is staying at her 120
