Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
Great Concert Tours on Two Continents (1922–1931)
1929 CHRONICLES OF BÉLA BARTOK'S LIFE 5 March - In Daventry, in the programme of a radio appearance he plays his transcriptions of della Ciaja, Frescobaldi, Zipoli, and Scarlatti as well as Hungarian peasant songs and Romanian kolindas. 6 March - From London he writes his mother that due to the difficulties in leaving Budapest he had to postpone his concert in Aachen. - He also writes his son Péter. 7 March - He leaves for Aachen. 8 March - He gives the postponed concert at the New Kurhaus. Programme: Ballad and Old Dance Tunes from 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, 3 pieces from the series Out of Doors, 3 Burlesques, Sonatina, 1st series of Kolindas, Dirge No. 1, Suite, and Allegro barbaro, furthermore Kodály s Transylvanian Lament, Epitaph, and 2 pieces of Op. 3. 9 March - Still in Aachen, he writes his mother: “The organiser was glad that the concert could be rearranged”. 11 March - In Karlsruhe, in the Theatre of the Province of Baden he plays Rhapsody conducted by Josef Krips. - He promises his mother on a postcard to recommend Pozsony composer D. Lauko to Universal Edition (which he will duly do in his letter of 31 March), but he doubts the results. 12 March - He leaves Karlsruhe for Paris. 13 March - “ Béla Bartok Festival” at the Conservatoire of Paris. The Roth Quartet plays String Quartet No. 1, Bartok plays Nos. 1, 3 and 4 from the series Out of Doors, and Preludio-AirUngherese from 9 Small Piano Pieces. Ida Schliousky sings 4 songs with bad pronunciation but in Hungarian, accompanied by Bartok, then Bartok performs Piano Sonata, and finally Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 with József Szigeti. 15 March - In the afternoon he arrives back to Budapest. 16 March - In his letter to István László Németh he fixes the 25 April date for the planned Vienna concert. He also writes his mother. 18 and 19 March - He attends the Waldbauer String Quartets rehearsals preparing for the Budapest premiere of his String Quartet No. 4. 294
