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 ) 1924 pain in his arm (his illness, becoming fatal around 1940, started with a similar symptom), and does an aspirin cure. By 4 February the pains are gone. He writes a joint letter with his wife to his sister about the dates of the planned appearances. 5 February - He travels to Komárno in Czecho-Slovakia, where the Jókai Society organises a concert at the great hall of the Cultural Palace. His programme consists of 3 sonatas by Scarlatti, Nos. 7 to 15 of 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Beethovens Sonata Op. 10, Debussy’s Pour le piano, Brahms’ Rhapsody in B minor, Chopin’s Nocturne in C sharp minor, of his own compositions again Sonatina, 8 numbers from the series For Children, Bear Dance, Rumanian Folk Dances, Evening in Transylvania, and Rumanian Dance No. 1. 6 February - He leaves Komárom for Pozsony, where he reports to the police, then writes a joint postcard with his mother to Mrs Emil Tóth in Szöllős Puszta. 7 February - Bartok returns home to Budapest via Párkánynána. 9 February - He travels from Pest (via Somoskőújfalu) to Losonc (Nógrád county), where he plays the same programme as on 5 February. 10 February - From Losonc he returns to Budapest. 15 February - He performs at a concert organised at the Exchange Club, in the company of Izabella Nagy, Imre Palló, Mária Németh, Ferenc Kiss, Vilma Medgyaszay, and Árpád Balázs. His programme is: Evening in Transylvania, Allegro barbaro, and “At the Children” (!). He also accompanies Izabella Nagy’s singing. 20 February - He writes his mother and aunt about yet another travel plan of his. 21 February - He obtains visas for Austria and Switzerland. 23 February - He sets out for Switzerland. 24 February - He arrives in Zurich where he stays with the Reiffs at 25 Mythenstrasse. 25 February - In Zurich the festivities of the International Society of New 231
