Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)

Great Concert Tours on Two Continents (1922–1931)

GREAT CONCERT TOURS ON TWO CONTINENTS (1 922-1 931 )

1923

28 May

- Mrs Bartok writes her mother-in-law in Pozsony

that

finally the Máramaros folk

song collection and Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 got published.

2 June

- Bartok writes Bu§i|ia in Belényes

that

he would go on vacation in Belényes and

Sztána

with

his wife and son. He is inquiring about the possibilities and asks for Bu§i|ias intervention for obtaining visas. He reports with pleasure on the publication of the Máramaros

collection.

3 June

- He goes on an excursion to Tahi

and

Visegrád

with

his wife, son, his wife’s brother Vilmos and her sister-in-law.

8 June

- He writes a letter to Breitkopf

&

Härtel

in

Leipzig.

10 June

- He visits the Móric

Milches

(the Etelka

Freunds)

with his wife and son.

13 June

- He calls Ödön

Hendel for

16 June.

During this school year Bartok has already been teaching a pupil, Edith Pásztory

from

Rimaszombat,

whom

he wants to marry. So he and Márta

Ziegler

having divorced by mutual consent, in June she and their son move to 6 Hold Street, to the flat of her mother and her sister Herma.

30 June - Béla

Bartok

Jnr travels to Pozsony

to

see his grandmother and great aunt, who haven’t yet learned about the divorce.

1 ,

8 and 15 July - The Wooden Prince gets performed in Hellerau near Dresden.

5 July

- Bartok writes János

Bu§i|ia

that due to ‘complicated family matters” they don’t go on vacation to Transylvania.

10 July

- He sends a telegram to Pozsony

announcing

his

11 July

arrival. - He takes a lengthy walk in town with his son in the afternoon.

12 July

- He discusses official matters in Pozsony.

He

meets folk song researcher Viliam Figus-Bystrÿ,

the

lawyer Laukó

and

others.

13 July

- From the Pozsony

Ministry

of Culture he asks for a work permit for his autumn concerts and exemption from entertainment 223