Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
Great Concert Tours on Two Continents (1922–1931)
GREAT CONCERT TOURS ON TWO CONTINENTS (1 922-1 931 ) 1927 5 May - In Vienna he makes a phone call to his mother who has also arrived there. 6 May - In the afternoon he meets his mother in the Vienna flat of the Rudolf Voits. Afterwards there is a composer ’ s evening in the Mittlerer Konzerthaus-Saal. His programme beside one work of Rossi, Marcello and della Ciaja respectively consists of Sonatina, Suite, Allegro barbaro, Dirge No. 1, Burlesque No. 2, Rumanian Dance No. 1, 8 other small piano pieces, and he accompanies Rózsi Fayer-Fuchs singing Hungarian Folk Songs. 7 May - At noon he meets his mother again at the Rudolf Voits ’, and returns to Budapest shortly afterwards. 11 May - From Budapest he writes ITHMA (Internationale Theater- und Musik-Agentur) in Vienna. 17 May - In a letter he offers Géza Frid possible dates for handing over the proofs for Movements 2 and 3 of Piano Concerto No. 1. 18 May - He returns the proofs of the wind and percussion parts for Piano Concerto No. 1 to Universal Edition. 22 May - He writes a joint picture postcard with his wife to his son Péter in Szöllős Puszta. 23 May - Another concert at the Radio. Programme: 3 sonatas by Scarlatti, Mozarts Sonata in A major, Beethovens Sonata in A major Op. 10, No. 3, Kodálys 7 Piano Pieces Op. 11, and Chopins Ballad in G minor. For further medical treatments of his wife, they travel to Davos in Switzerland. 25 May - They arrive, and stay at the Sanatorium Guardaval. 26 May - From here he writes about their journey and his wife’s health condition to his mother and aunt in Pozsony and to his sister in Szöllős Puszta. 29 May - Postcard to Rudolf Voit in Vienna. 30 May, 4, 13 and 20 June - Letters from Davos to Universal Edition and ITHMA. 265
