Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
World War II. Second and Third American Tour (1939–1945)
1 942 CHRONICLES OF BÉLA BARTOK'S LIFE of April, he is complaining a lot about his condition. 9 June - The Swedish Embassy extends the validity of his passport (No. 922/1942) until 7 August 1943. 10 and 13 June - He writes the Baldwin Piano Company that he hasn’t got money for further rent. He asks to be notified two days before they take away the piano. The “For Independent Hungary” movement, formed on 27 September 1941, engages in propaganda in the United States to lay the foundations for an independent Hungarian state after the war. Bartok was elected leader of the committee representing sciences and arts in the movement, and he sent out a circular to Hungarian artists living in America calling upon them to join. 25 June - He sends the circular to composer Jenő Zádor in Hollywood, and on the 27th to writer József Reményi in Cleveland. 28 June - His article entitled Parry Collection of Yugoslav Folk Music appears in the New York Times. 2 and 5 July - He writes joint letters with his wife to their son Péter. They write among other things: “You shouldn’t be bothered by the small [income] earnings, with this work you pay back the grace of the high government for letting you come here. And seen that this cheap work cannot go into the pocket of the high government, well, it goes into somebody else’s.” 7 July - He asks Carl P. Wood to postpone their agreement regarding his work in Seattle until the spring, because he is planning several appearances on the Eastern coast for that period. (Hardly any of these came to fruition.) 16 July - He informs József Reményi of having to organise the For Independent Hungary movement separately among American and Hungarian citizens, according to the orders of American authorities, and that they would soon prepare their proposals regarding further activities. 21 July - In his letter written to his son Péter, he remembers Irma Voit: 478
