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

to Prague to the World Congress of Popular Art, where the other delegate is Count István

Zichy, Director

of the Historic Department of the Hungarian National Museum.

In Prague he requests information from lawyer Löwenbach

and

from a ministerial rapporteur about the resettlement of his mother and aunt.

9 October

- At the congress he gives his lecture in French about Hungarian music folklore. - He writes a letter to ITHMA and a postcard to his mother and aunt.

11 October

- The Minister Milan Hoda receives him in audience regarding his mothers pension. In case of the widowed Mrs Béla

Bartoks

resettlement abroad, the Czecho-Slovakians would have granted only the basic pension, Hoda promised his support about which Bartok notifies his mother right away. - He leaves Prague for home the very same day.

12 October

- He arrives in Budapest. He listens to the rehearsal of Mandarin Suite, and writes a letter to Universal Edition.

13 October

- Letters to his mother and aunt in Pozsony

and

to ITHMA in Vienna. - The composers aunt Mrs

Lessényi b.

Janka Bartok dies on this day.

14 October

- In the morning the Bartoks listen to the stage rehearsal of Mandarin Suite conducted by Ernő

Dohnányi, and

have lunch afterwards at the Dohnányis

’. Bartok

and Székely

rehearse

“the new violin pieces” (probably the rhapsodies for violin).

15 October

- Performance of Mandarin Suite. According to Bartoks 16 October letter to Universal Edition, “it was an excellent performance”. He was called forth several times following the stage rehearsal as well as the performance. - Mrs Károly

Ziegler

also attends the concert, and visits the Bartoks on 17 October.

23 October - Bartok gets permission for installing a telephone. The number of his first private phone is: 559-56.

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