Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
Great Concert Tours on Two Continents (1922–1931)
1925 CHRONICLES OF BÉLA BARTOK'S LIFE 1925 8 January - From Budapest he travels to Prague via Komárom. He stays at 54 Vinohrady Slezská. 9 January - From Prague he writes his wife that they had two rehearsals for next day’s concert. 10 January - Concert at the Prague Mozarteum. Programme: Elegy No. 2, 3 Burlesques, Hungarian folk songs, Sonatina, Kodály s Epitaph and Piano Music, his own Suite Op. 14 and Rumanian Dance No. 1. Besides he accompanies Mária Fischer who sings Slovakian folk songs. 11 January - He leaves Prague for Pozsony where he sees to official matters. 13 January - In the afternoon he travels home to Budapest via Párkánynána. 19 January - He gives a piano recital in Kaposvár. - In London, at the Performance Hall of the Piano School George Woodhouse, the Budapest String Quartet (Hauser-Pogány-Ipolyi-Son) perform his String Quartet No. 1. Bartoks younger son Péter often needed medical assistance during the first year of his life. Paediatrician Dr. Ignác Péteri didn ’t accept a fee, but asked for a manuscript with good insight. Bartok - having had deep respect for doctors all his life - complied with his wishes, and gave Dr. Péteri the manuscript of Allegro barbaro. 23 January - Bartok notifies Dr. Péteri of his intention in the matter, and at the same time invites the doctor to his 29 January evening of sonatas. 25 January - He participates at the matinee of Nyugat. 29 January - Evening of sonatas at the Music Academy with violinist Emil Telmányi. Their programme consists of Bach’s C minor, Mozart’s A major KV 526, Bartok’s 2nd, and Brahms’ D minor Op. 108. 6 February - He is confined to bed for several days with angina combined with a high fever. 15 February - He describes his own and his family’s illnesses to his mother, and writes the details of his springtime concert program (which was 238
