Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
Economic Crisis (1932–1933)
ECONOMIC CRISIS (1 932-1 933) 1932 ECONOMIC CRISIS 1932-1933 1932 1 January - He starts the year with a visit at his mother and aunt s. 2 January - He writes a letter together with Kodály requesting payment from the Rozsnyai firm, because in their publication of a mixed choirs collection they included works by Bartok and Kodály without their consent. 6 January - Bartoks public appearances recommenced. At Radio Budapest, beside works by Purcell, Scarlatti, and Zipoli, he plays Bach’s English Suite in G minor and Beethovens Sonata Op. 109 in F major. 7 January - He pays a visit to his mother and aunt’s. 11 January - Letter to Universal Edition, on the 12th to ITHMA, also to István László Németh about the date of the Pozsony concert. 13 January - He accepts the Pozsonyians’ date of the 27th. - He notifies Constantin Bräiloiu of his decision: seen that the publication of the kolinda volume came to a standstill, he would publish it himself. He requests the return of the material or rather - as Oxford University Press lost the material in their care - the copying of the missing two-thirds. 14 January - Letters to ITHMA and to Universal Edition. 15 January - He buys his Belgian and British visas for his spring tour. 18 January - He writes his Pozsony programme to Sándor Albrecht, accepting their invitation. 335
