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 ) 1930 not having given any editorial rights to the Romanian Composers’ Association. 24 March - On a postcard he asks Zoltán Székely whether he plans the orchestral performance of Rhapsody No. 2 for the following season. 2 April - He leaves Budapest for Berlin. 3 April - At the Beethoven Hall of Berlin he plays Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 with József Szigeti and Szigeti ’ s Bartok transcriptions; his solo programme consists of Purcell’s Prelude in G major, Marcello’s Sonata in B flat major, della Ciaja’s Canzone in C major, and 8 numbers from 9 Small Piano Pieces. He meets Béla Balázs with whom he discusses the proposal of the Budapest Opera House that his name be not displayed as librettist on the front page of Bluebeards Castle and The Wooden Prince. 5 April - In Vienna he intends to meet Paul Bechert. 6 April - Back in Budapest he replies Ján Valastan-Dolinskÿ in Turócszentmárton with a long letter about the preparations being finally on the way for publishing the Slovakian folk song collection. He elaborates in the letter first that it would be expedient to publish the complete German and English text instead of a multilingual shortened introduction, then he describes the exact geographical location of many scenes of folk song collecting. 7 April - He writes Calvocoressi that he is waiting impatiently for the 2nd correction of The Hungarian Folk Song. 13 April - In Budapest, in the Music Institute of Higher Education (Music Academy) at the Bartok-Kodály evening given by the male choir of the Pozsony Toldy Circle conducted by István László Németh, he plays 9 Small Piano Pieces and Kodálys Dances of Marosszék. Afterwards he attends the dinner given in honour of the Toldy Circle. 15 and 17 April - Despite it being Easter vacation, he teaches at the Music Institute of Higher Education (Music Academy). 20 April - He brings a cake to his mother on his Easter Sunday visit. 307
