Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
Great Concert Tours on Two Continents (1922–1931)
1931 CHRONICLES OF BÉLA BARTOK'S LIFE (beside two radio appearances in Budapest and one in Frankfurt he only gave concerts between 27 January and 7 March indeed, on 9 occasions in all). - He informs Mrs Fischer b. Stefánia Szalay that he can listen to her daughters on the 12th or 13th. 13 September - He writes Universal Edition that he is satisfied with the new Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms publications, he will propagate them on occasion. 14 September - He attends the entrance examinations at the Music Institute of Higher Education (Music Academy). 15 September - In his letter to the editors of the Pozsony Magyar Minerva (Hungarian Minerva), he gives permission to the adoption of his series of articles published in Üj Idők (New Times). 16 September - He informs Rózsi Venetianer that he cannot accept her among his pupils at the Academy. 26 September - He writes again to István László Németh proposing 21 January for his Pozsony appearance and suggesting beside his own works old Italian composers and Kodálys Dances of Marosszék in the programme. (In the end the concert got postponed to 27 January.) - To Universal Edition he writes about issues concerning the orchestral score of The Wooden Prince. 2 and 7 October - Letters to Universal Edition. 3 October - In the evening he brings his mother a ticket for the 24 October concert of the Budapest Concert Orchestra. 11 October - He takes a long walk with his mother in the Fortress of Buda. 16 October - He writes Universal Edition that due to the many difficulties he doesn’t claim Rudolph St. Hoffmanns work in the translation of 20 Hungarian Folk Songs. 16 October - He has dinner at his mothers, then goes to a beneficiary concert of the “Calvin Coolidge” Foundation featuring Malipiero’s piece entitled Ritrovari, a string quartet by László Lajtha, and a composition for string quartet and orchestra by Conrad Beck, with 330
