Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
World War II. Second and Third American Tour (1939–1945)
WORLD WAR II. SECOND AND THIRD AMERICAN TO U R ( 1 9 3 9 - 1 9 4 5 ) 1939 WORLD WAR II. SECOND AND THIRD AMERICAN TOUR 1939-1945 1939 3 January - He writes Boosey & Hawkes regarding Austro-Mechana. 9 January - World premiere of Contrasts in New York performed by Benny Goodman, József Szigeti and Endre Petri. - The Violin Concerto dedicated to Zoltán Székely is complete. Bartok sends part of it to the Zoltán Székelys. 10 January - He writes the Székelys instructions concerning the manuscript, adding that he would send the rest in two days. 12 January - In a letter he gives advice to Berlin pianist Hans Priegnitz, who prepares to perform one of his piano concertos at the Deutschlandsend. 13 January - Concert at Radio Budapest. Programme: Brahms’ Capriccio in B minor, Chopins Nocturne in C sharp minor, Beethovens Variations Op. 34 in F major, and 5 numbers from Microcosmos. His fee is 300 pengős. 16 January - He informs Imre Kun that his planned Romanian tour has to be postponed until next season owing to the many delays, and that he received the Kecskemét contract (then there was no concert in Kecskemét; it might be a slip of the pen for the upcoming Debrecen concert). 435
