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

3 pieces of Op. 3, of his own works Bear Dance, Dirge No. 1, Burlesque, Allegro barbaro,

Kolindas,

Sonata, Ballad from 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Suite Op. 14, and Rumanian Dance No. 1.

15 April

- He writes a letter from Rome to Mrs Cerutti b. Erzsi

Paulay

in Moscow, and - referring to her former offer of mediation - asks her to urge the transfer of his fees for the concerts given in the Soviet Union.

16 or

17 April - He arrives home.

19 April

- He notifies his mother of his arrival in Pozsony

on

the 26th. - He also writes Universal Edition.

22 April

- Letter to New York publisher Carl Fischer in regard to transcriptions of Italian pieces for cembalo and organ.

25 April

- Vienna. A

Bartók-Kodály evening

at the Great Hall of the Musikverein, where

the Pozsony

Toldy

Circle, conducted by István

László Németh, performs

pieces by Bartok and Kodály

and

Némeths

transcription of Bartok pieces. Bartok plays Kodály

s

Transylvanian Lament, Epitaph, and a piece of Op. 3, then 3 numbers of his own series Out of Doors. The concert - the fee of which was 3,000 Czech crowns - was also attended by Alban Berg. According to the Wiener Journal, Kodály

played

the piano at the concert.

26 April

- In the afternoon Bartok leaves Vienna for Pozsony.

28 April

- He goes to see the new city district with his mother, he finds the modern buildings nice. In the afternoon he returns to Budapest.

29 April

- At Radio Budapest he plays 5 of his small pieces: Ballad from 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Bear Dance, Evening in Transylvania, Preludio-AirUngherese, Allegro barbaro.

In Belgium there arose the will to transcribe Allegro barbaro

for

wind orchestra.

2 May

- Letter to Gaston Verhuyck-Coulon, impresario of Pro Arte in Brussels about the wind orchestral transcription of Allegro barbaro

planned in Belgium.

5 May

- He returns the corrected copy of the manuscript of an article 297