Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
School Years (1890–1903)
1901 CHRONICLES OF BÉLA BARTOK'S LIFE receives 150 crowns from the Music Academy from the foundation of “Baroness Hirsch”. (On 20 February 1900, Baroness Klára Hirsch had established a foundation for Israelites or of other denominations needing a grant, to ensure a maximum of 300 forints’ loan, or in special cases a grant. Bartok“of another denomination” received this.) 31 December - He weighs 57.8 kgs, meaning he gained 4 kilograms in a month. - 21 more pieces are entered into his music catalogue. 1901 His health is steadily improving, in January doctors give him permission to play the piano again. On 6 January he weighs 58.4 kgs, on the 20th already 60 kgs. 14 January - Felicie Fábián informs him from Budapest that she showed his Scherzo to Koessler. The piano piece written in the autumn of 1900 is dedicated to Felicie Fábián. In mid-February Bartoks hand is strained by newly restarted piano playing. 1 March - He writes Irma Voit in Pozsony that they prepare to go home, but he and his mother need to spend Easter holidays in Budapest, furthermore he has to stay there until the end of June, therefore he would like to meet her and his younger sister Elza in Budapest. 25 March - On his 20th birthday, still in Meran, he weighs 61.45 kgs; this is the heaviest he would ever get in his life. 31 March - They travel from Meran to Pozsony through Bozen, then to Budapest. 1 April - They settle in at the widowed Mrs Lajos Voit ’s flat, No. 3 ground floor, 3 Felső erdősor. 7 April (Easter Sunday) - His mother leaves for home. 8 April - Bartok visits István Thomán, who is pleased with him. 11 April - They are playing four-hands in the afternoon at the Fábiáns ’. 40
