Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
Great Concert Tours on Two Continents (1922–1931)
1922 CHRONICLES OF BÉLA BARTOK'S LIFE Lukács s for meals and to sleep. 26 August - He writes his wife that he is expecting her home on 2 September. It was discovered that Universal Edition had settled the accounts in a very unruly manner, and had paid less than was due. - In the meantime he starts rehearsals of Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 - due to Imre Waldbauer s illness - with Zoltán Székely: “ Now this is something completely different already. It is obvious that he is a real musician. I hope he will play it very well”. 30 August - He leaves a letter in their flat with economic instructions for his wife, adding: “I got to cca two-thirds of the sonata”. 31 August - From Budapest he travels to Szöllős Puszta, via Békéscsaba and Kaszaper Puszta, to spend a few days with her sister and family. 15 September - Back in Budapest again, he writes a letter to János Bu§i|ia asking for data regarding Romanian music life and musicians, because he was asked for such a chapter to be included in an English encyclopaedia. In the new music season he is preparing for new concerts in cooperation with the Union of Hungarian Artists. 17 , 26, 28 September, then 9 October - He is informing Mrs Fischer b. Stefánia Szalay, in letters written to Nagyvárad, of the constantly changing dates and programme alterations of concerts in Transylvania. 4 October - He writes Ernő Südy in Békéscsaba about his 10 October concert there, his claims for tickets and accommodation together with his wife. 8 October - He informs Matica Slovenská that the first volume of the press manuscript of the Slovakian folk song collection is ready (763 melodies), and makes suggestions regarding further tasks. 10 October - He travels with his wife to Békéscsaba, where he gives a concert the same evening. Programme: 3 sonatas by Scarlatti, 5 preludes by Debussy, then of his own works Nos. 6 to 15 of 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, A Little Tipsy, Evening in Transylvania, Bear Dance, Dirge No. 1, 214
