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 4 July - He informs his mother and aunt about the finishing works on the flat, about his wife and sons’ summer plans, and about preparing to go to Prague in October, not too happily, but he is glad to have the chance to visit Pozsony on the way. 7 July - Masonry is completed in the flat at Kavics Street. 10 July - Letters to ITHMA, the Bechstein firm and Universal Edition. 13 July - He writes his mother and aunt: the whole family has fogged in to 22 Apostol Street in order to make it possible for Péter Bartok to get accepted to a school at Rózsadomb (schools being grouped into districts, residents of Kavics Street belonged to a school of poor standard of Óbuda). He informs them in detail about his appearances abroad during the following season, and of his leave not having been prolonged, so he would teach again in the next school year, but only 8 hours a week (twice 4 hours). He also states the plans for next season. 21 July - He writes his ill mother with worry, and to calm her he lets her know that he is not working too much, he does everything comfortably. - He also writes ITHMA. 26 July - He acknowledges with joy his mothers 2 cards and the news of her improvement. 28 July - Letter to Universal Edition. 8 August - He accompanies his wife and son Péter to the market. 9 August - He writes his mother “more exact” data regarding the plans for next season, but even these were to change a lot. 14 August - He is examining a burning-glass with his son Péter, reminiscing about his beloved childhood novel, Vernes Mysterious Island, in which Cyrus Smith fabricates a burning-glass. 15 August - He writes his son Béla vacationing in Kitzbühel. 17 August - Letter to his mother in Pozsony and also to ITHMA in Vienna. - Answering his sister s appeal, he promises to do everything in his power to help her son Béla Tóth, who met difficulties in his 282
