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) 1938 Musicale. 19 November - Mr and Mrs Bartok have lunch at the Paul Collaers’. 20 November - At Radio Brussels they perform Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussions. - Bartok testifies in a letter of recommendation that the Gertler String Quartet performs his Quartet No. 4 excellently. 22 November - Again in Budapest, he writes a letter of recommendation for pianist Iván Engel living in London, who would like to get a post at the Glasgow Music School. 23 November - He writes AKM (of which he wrote in his letter of 9 October that it had ceased to exist). - He makes inquiries at the Viennese Austro-Mechana firm defending mechanical rights whether it is still functioning at all. 1 December - At the Budapest Opera House Bluebeard is performed. 3 December - He sends 3 copies of the first 60 pages of the Violin Concerto to Zoltán Székely. 5 and 7 December - Bartok writes Sándor Albrecht in Pozsony; he is anticipating his announced visit gladly. 6 December - He writes a letter to Zoltán Székely with detailed instructions regarding the first 60 pages of the Violin Concerto sent on the 3rd. 10 December - He writes Antonia Kossar about the coordination of the concerts planned for the next year, with special emphasis on the London appearance still in question. 26 December - He calls off the London trip definitely. - At a sonata matinee at the Hungarian Theatre of Budapest he plays with Ede Zathureczky Mozart’s Sonata in A major, Brahms’ G major, and his own Rhapsody No. 2, in solo The Nights Music and Petite Suite. His fee is 360 pengős. 28 December - He writes the Boosey & Hawkes firm. 29 December - He asks for data on how his records sell from His Master’s Voice Gramophone Company and from record dealer Péter Pál Kelen. 30 December - He settles his Christmas shopping bill of 20.39 pengős at 433
