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 ) 1928 Frigyes Reiner in the concert hall of the Academy of Music. 31 December - Repetition of the previous days concert. 1928 1 January - He plays Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 with Jelly Arányi, then returns to New York from where he writes a postcard to his son Béla. 2 January - He leaves New York on a western tour at 5:10 p.m. 3 January - He is waiting for a train connection in Chicago from 2 to 8 p.m., then takes the direct train to Los Angeles on the Omaha- Cheyenne (Wyoming) route. 4 January - Travelling through the state of Nebraska on the train, he writes a long letter to Szöllős Puszta, where his mother, aunt and other family members have already arrived, about eating habits in America. 6 January - He arrives in Los Angeles at 9:10 a.m. and stays at Hotel Biltmore. 7 January - He takes an excursion to Santa Monica, collecting sea-weed on the seashore. 9 January - On his postcard to his mother and aunt, specifying the place of his stay as - quoting the original name of Los Angeles - “La Puella de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles”, he informs them that he moved from the hotel to a private house. 10 January - He writes a postcard to János Busitia in Belényes and to Ernő Balogh in New York. 11 January - In the Los Angeles Beaux Arts Auditorium he gives his first lecture in English, then gives a piano recital. Programme: Kodály s Epitaph and Allegro molto from Piano Music, of his own works Suite, Kolindas, Sonata, Burlesque No. 2, Dirge No. 1, Bear Dance, Evening in Transylvania, and Allegro barbaro. - Previously at noon he had to give 273
