Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
World War II. Second and Third American Tour (1939–1945)
1939 CHRONICLES OF BÉLA BARTOK'S LIFE Ernő Dohnányi Liszt s Concerto pathétique. 9 November - He writes Harold Spivacke in Washington about his planned American tour. 10 November - He plays Beethovens Piano Concerto B flat major with the Budapest Concert Orchestra conducted by Viktor Vaszy for a fee of 270 pengős. - At the Budapest Opera House second renewal of The Wooden Prince conducted by Sergio Failoni, with new choreography by Gyula Harangozó. 11 November - Bartok modifies the deadline of his notice to András Koziel to 1 February 1940. 12 November - In the morning he rehearses with Ede Zathureczky. In the afternoon they leave for Békéscsaba where in the evening they play Beethoven sonatas: Op. 30, No. 1 and 3, Op. 24, Op. 47. 14 November - He returns the correction of Senkim a világon (Ive got noone in the world) to Gyula Kertész. 15 November - He sends Imre Kun the programme of the concerts planned for Florence and Rome - despite his declaration of 2 October - and inquires about local conditions. 16 November - He writes Jenő Deutsch. Beside his many obligations, he is visiting his increasingly ill mother almost daily. 17 November - The League of Air Defence issues him a “Certificate of Attendance” about the course that he had to take as secondary air defence commander. 26 November - In the morning he makes an appearance at the Cinema Corso (todays Pest Theatre) with Ede Zathureczky. Programme: Mozarts Sonata in G major, Bartoks Rhapsody No. 2, Bartók-Országh Hungarian Folk Songs, Bartoks Rhapsody No. 1, Beethovens Kreutzer Sonata. The concert invitation to the United States is a big problem for Bartok because of the political situation, his mothers condition and 448
