Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
School Years (1890–1903)
1903 CHRONICLES OF BÉLA BARTOK'S LIFE Symphony and likes it so much he wants to present it in England. He emphasizes especially the mocking of Gotterhalte (his own wife’s family also suffered after the war for independence). He promptly arranges the sketch of a programme for a concert in Manchester. Beside the Kossuth, Bartok would also participate in 2 numbers in the capacity of soloist. Bartok also plays Hddenleben for Richter who likes his piano playing. 27 June - He writes his mother about his meeting with Richter, and about his visit the same day at Pongrác Kacsoh ’s who had asked for biographical details for his introductory article. - The Jurkovics family arrives in Budapest, he meets them several times during the week. 4 July - He travels to Passail (Styria) via Szombathely-Fehring with his mother. 7 July - From Passail he writes János Batka in Pozsony that he is busy orchestrating Kossuth Symphony; he asks for literary works by Liszt and Wagner. 16 July - He thanks Batka for his consignment (writings by Liszt, works of Bach and Palestrina). He is orchestrating Kossuth Symphony in Passail all through July, also giving lessons in the meanwhile, 6 lessons of music theory to Helén Trofimoff. He doesn’t particularly like the place, “there aren’t any nice, comfortable walks”. 6 August - From Graz he sends a picture postcard to his sister in Passail. 9 August - Still from Passail he thanks István Thomán for his intercession advancing his London appearance, also mentioning that he still hasn’t got any offers from Vienna, so he might like to perform in Munich. In his letter to Emsy Jurkovics he is praising the mountain scenes, but writes that he had enough of 6 weeks of Austrians and is longing for his homeland, the Great Hungarian Plain. Passing through Bruck a/Mur he travels to the Dohnányis ’ summer vacation spot in Gmunden in Upper Austria, where he has accommodation at 5 Badgasse. 64
