Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
Great Concert Tours on Two Continents (1922–1931)
1928 CHRONICLES OF BÉLA BARTOK'S LIFE New York, Boston, Cincinnati, Budapest, Cologne, and Berlin). Before the concert Bartok wrote his mother that he was beginning to get bored of playing the piano concerto and was glad not to have more performances during the season. After the concert on 22 April he writes his mother that “The piano concerto went really beautifully in Berlin, the audience almost got into a fight, being divided into 2 camps! I induced such a sulphurous atmosphere”. 22 April - At noon radio concert in Munich. The programme consists of works by Debussy, Kodály s Epitaph and two pieces of Op. 3, of his own works a few numbers of 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Evening in Transylvania, Bear Dance, Sonatina, Dirge No. 1, and Rumanian Dance No. 1. - Programme of the evening concert at Herkules Hall: Elegy No. 1, 3 Burlesques, 9 Small Piano Pieces, Sonata, 1st series of Kolindas, Dirge No. 1, Suite, and Allegro barbaro. 23 April - He leaves Munich for home, arriving in Budapest on 24 April. - That same day he writes a letter to Universal Edition. 2 May - In the course of the flat search they are just about ready to sign a contract for a Kelenföld flat, but the transaction falls through. - Radio concert in the evening. The programme consists of pieces by Debussy, a few numbers of Kodály s Piano Pieces Op. 11, Bartoks 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Elegy No. 2,10 Easy Piano Pieces, and Rumanian Dance No. 1. 4 May - He writes his mother that they rent a flat at 10 Kavics Street in District 3, and describes its advantages. 5 May - Draft of a letter to Paul Bechert about Spanish concert plans. 15 May - He pays a fee of 200,- pengős for housing mediation. 16 May - In a detailed letter he informs Matica Slovenská about having finally managed to finish the manuscript of the Slovakian folk song collection. 22 May - Letter to ITHMA. 23 May - He pays a visit to Lady Antal Radvánszky b. Wanda Gleimans. 280
