Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
War Years (1914–1919)
1914 CHRONICLES OF BÉLA BARTOK'S LIFE 21 February - He travels to Bihar, where he collects songs originating from the communities of Biharkaba, Havasdombró, Sólyom, Belényesörvényes, Pócsafalva, Cigányfalva, and Tenkeszéplak. 10 March - From Rákoskeresztúr he keeps on organising the performance of the Cserbel people, on the 14th he invites Etelka Freund to attend. 18 March - He gives his presentation entitled The Music Dialect of the Romanian People in Hunyad. The participants are given a feast at the Bartoks’ flat in Rákoskeresztúr, and Bartok shows them the sights of Budapest. 24 March - He writes an account of his presentation to János Bu§i|ia in Belényes. 25 March - His mother visits him in Rákoshegy on the occasion of his 33rd birthday; she travels home on the 26th, Bartok accompanies her up to Budapest. Afterwards he is making preparations for another folk song collecting tour. 3 April - He travels to Marosvásárhely together with his wife, where they stay at Dr. Károly Zieglers (his wife’s cousin), and set out from there, both on their separate collecting tours. 4 April - Bartok fills 14 cylinders with melodies in Disznajó (Maros-Torda county), from where on the 5th he writes his wife in Marosvásárhely that the collecting is progressing nicely, and describes in detail the melody types collected. He collects on the 6th in Marosliget then in Marosvécs, on the 7th in Felsőrépa from where he writes a postcard to János Bu§i|ia (posting it in Görgényszentimre), then he proceeds along Idecspataka-Libánfalva-Görgényhodák. 9 April - He goes from Görgényorsova to Kineses in heavy rain, in the evening of the 11th he arrives in Nyárádremete where he spends several days. 12 April (Easter Sunday) - He writes first a postcard then a long letter to his wife in Marosvásárhely about the difficulties and results of the 150
