Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
Settling In Budapest. Systematic Collection of Folk Songs (1907–1913)
1911 CHRONICLES OF BÉLA BARTOK'S LIFE 8 August - He writes his wife about his excursions in a long letter. He notifies her about forwarding music sheets in 2 days’ time. - Writing his mother in St. Ruprecht, he asks her to catch 8 gadflies for him and forward them conserved to Rákoskeresztúr, because these seem to be Austrian specialities. 14 August - He writes his mother already in Szilad: “ I am bored by the monotony of my hotel a lot; and if not for the orchestral score weighing me down I would have taken to my heels a long time ago”. 19 August - From Zermatt he writes Etelka M. Freund: “Unfortunately the obligatory writing of orchestral scores kept me from taking enough excursions..he gives his sister his address in Waidberg, to where he travels the following day. From 20 August he plans to rest in Waidberg near Zurich till the 28th. 25 August - His wife writes from Rákoskeresztúr that he should stay on if it’s beneficial for him, and gives an account of the Rózsavölgyi firm having sent the first proof-sheet of Three Burlesques, the first number labelled “Quarrel - Mártás Piece ”. “I wouldn’t give away these two words for anything in this world.” 28 August - His wife writes that she brought the piano arrangement of the Bluebeard to Budapest to have it bound. 30 August - From Höngg, outskirts of Zurich he writes a joint postcard with Mr and Mrs Kodály to Etelka M. Freund, who is also vacationing in Switzerland. 31 August - From Zurich he sends a telegram to his wife, after which he presumably stays on for yet another week, because he saved the menus of a Zurich restaurant from the period of 1-6 September. 20 September - In Rákoskeresztúr he finishes the orchestral score of the Bluebeard, then in October he hands it in for the Erkel competition. 20 October - The Music Journal publishes his article entitled Liszt and the Hungarian public on the occasion of the Ferenc Liszt centenary. 29 October - In the Royal Hall at the evening of the String Quartet 132
