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 ) 1931 the collaboration of the Roth Quartet and the chamber orchestra of the Opera House conducted by Hugo Kortschak. The concert was also attended by former American President Calvin Coolidges wife. (Conrad Beck as head of Radio Basel later organised a lecture for Béla Bartok.) 17 October - Bartok reaches an agreement with the Rózsavölgyi and Co. firm regarding the sale of the offprint of Gipsy Music? Hungarian Music?. According to the agreement Bartok is due 90 fillérs per copy. 23 October - He writes Universal Edition, and at noon inquires if his mother needs more tickets for next days concert. 24 October - He has dinner at his mother s, then takes her to the concert of Budapest Concert Orchestra conducted by Nándor Zsolt, where Suite No. 1 is played. 6 November - He writes violinist Max Rostál in detail about the right tempo markings of String Quartets No. 1 and No. 4, and the Leipzig firm Breitkopf & Härtel about his claim of 3 marks. 7 November - He informs Universal Edition that the new trial translation of 20 Hungarian Folk Songs is worse than the Hoffmann one; absolutely useless. 9 November - He receives a photographer in his flat. 11 November - He spends his whole day at his mother and aunt s. 12 November - Letter to Ernst Lothar Knorr to the address of the periodical Pro Musica. 14 November - At the Opera House he watches János Háry with his son Péter. (The ailing Kodály was by the lake Balaton at this time for a post-treatment.) 13 , 15, 18 and 20 November - He is working at his mothers, and mentions that Ernő Dohnányi called him to listen to the stage rehearsal of The Wooden Prince-Suite. 22 November - He listens to the stage rehearsal followed by lunch at the Dohnányis’. 331
