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 ) 1929 of his own works Elegy No. 2, 3 Burlesques, movements With Drums and Pipes, Musettes and The Nights Music of the series Out of Doors, Sonata, Suite Op. 14, Allegro barbaro, and Rumanian Folk Dances. His further program is interrupted by the grave winter cold. 17 February - From Nykobing of Denmark he writes his mother: “We got stuck here ... due to the glaciation of the sea”. 18 February - He travels to Berlin, from where he writes his mother already on 19 February that his Danzig concert is being cancelled due to bad weather. 20 February - In the evening he arrives in Budapest. 21 February - He gives his mother an account of his journey, on the 22nd he informs István László Németh in Pozsony that he can participate in the Vienna concert of the Pozsony Toldy Circle between 20 and 30 April. But first he is preparing for another concert tour in the West. 25 February - He writes Calvocoressi in London that he would arrive on 3 March. 26 February - He calls Emil Hertzkas and Universal Editions attention to Tibor Polgár. 28 February - He sends the corrected proofs of String Quartet No. 3 to Universal Edition in Vienna. At the beginning of March he leaves Budapest. 3 March - In the evening he arrives in London. 4 March - At noon he meets Hubert J. Foss, head of the music division of Oxford University Press for lunch. In the evening he plays at a BBC concert at Arts Theatre Club with Zoltán Székely s participation. Programme of the composers evening: the 2 Rhapsodies for Violin, transcriptions for violin and piano - of Rumanian Folk Dances by Székely and of For Children by Szigeti -, then in solo Suite, Sonatina, Sonata, Allegro barbaro, 3 Rondos, and 3 pieces from the series Out of Doors. 293
