Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
At The Academy of Sciences. Great Compositions (1934–1938)
AT THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. GREAT C O M P O S I T I O N S ( 1 934-1 938) 1934 In the meantime the copying of String Quartet No. 5 got finished. 29 September - He sends one copy to Carl Engel in Washington, 2 copies to the Kolisch String Quartet who will present it. - At the Opera House of Budapest Suite No. 1 is played at the ceremonial performance of the Association of Social Societies. During September his workdays at the Academy of Sciences are: the 18th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th, 27th. 11 October - Library of Congress sends a voucher of 1,000 dollars for String Quartet No. 5. - Meeting with Kodály at the Academy. 16 October - Bartok brings flowers from their garden to his mother. 23 October - He brings an article written by Viktor Lányi to his mother s, and writes a letter to the Philharmonic Society with instructions regarding the right performance of Suite No. 1. 27 October - He sends his work Our Folk Music and Folk Music of the Neighbouring Peoples - already published in print - to folk music researcher Vinko Zganec in Zombor accompanied by a letter with detailed notes about collections of Zganec and his own; inquiring at the same time about the situation of folk song collecting in Yugoslavia. 30 October - He writes Universal Edition, and visits his mother and aunt. 31 October - He goes to the Academy of Sciences together with his mother, paying a visit to the Lajos Voits who live in the same building. During October his workdays at the Academy of Sciences are: the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 30th, 31st. 2 November - He writes his criticism about the completed English translation of the kolindas to Hubert J. Foss, and asks for the material of the first part to be translated again. 3 November - He writes again about this matter to Oxford University Press. - He asks Sándor Albrecht to pay folk song collector Ludvik Kuba for the copying made upon his request. 3 , 6 and 8 November - He visits his mother and aunt. 7 November - He writes Vinko Zganec that the Yugoslavs haven’t let in 369
