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 wants to return to Transylvania for more concerts soon, so he asks Bu§i|ia in a letter to take the necessary steps for obtaining his visa, because there are always difficulties in this matter. He writes his letter - for the first time - informally, similarly to the friendly opening of his letter to Calvocoressi two weeks earlier, which shows that his successful concerts put him somewhat off his general aloofness. He travels home to Budapest the very same day. 3 November - From here he writes Mrs Kádár b. Erzsébet Hevesi in Máramarossziget regarding his concerts planned there and in Szatmárnémeti. 8 November - He writes the Ákos Keppiches in Kolozsvár thanking them for their hospitality and asking for their help in obtaining the permit for the performance in Szatmárnémeti. - He informs Mrs Fischer b. Stefánia Szalay about his concert of 25 November in Nagyvárad, and asks for her help as well - but in vain, the concert is cancelled. 20 November - In Szatmárnémeti he appears at the concert of the Music Lovers’ Society, with the usual programme for the most part, then on the 21st he travels to Máramarossziget. 22 November - A composers and piano evening at the Culture Palace of Máramarossziget. Programme: 3 sonatas by Scarlatti, Beethovens Sonata in F major, 4 preludes and Golliwogs Cake-Walk by Debussy, Brahms’ Rhapsody in B minor, Chopin’s Nocturne in C sharp minor and Etude in G flat major, Bartok’s Nos. 6 to 15 of 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Burlesques Nos. 2 and 3, Evening in Transylvania, Bear Dance, Allegro barbaro, Sonatina, Dirge No. 1, Rumanian Folk Dances, and Rumanian Dance No. 1. At the end ofNovember he leaves for the northern periphery of Transylvania. In the first days of December his mother and aunt arrive from Pozsony to Budapest. They stay at the Bartoks’. 10 December - Bartok’s mother writes her daughter: “ Márta is writing Bêlas 2nd violin sonata diligently”. 216
