Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)

At The Academy of Sciences. Great Compositions (1934–1938)

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AT THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. GREAT COMPOSITIONS 1934-1938

1934

1 January - He writes Universal Edition, and visits his mother and aunt.

3 January

- He gives two private lessons. - The New Hungarian Music Society organises a Bartok evening at the Music Institute of Higher Education (Music Academy) without Bartoks participation. Programme: Tót

Folk

Songs and Four Old Hungarian Folk Songs (Choral Society of Buda), 3 Etudes (Lajos Kentner), 8 Duos (Tivadar

Országh and

Sándor

Saigo),

6 songs from 20 Hungarian Folk Songs (Mária Basilides

and György

Kosa), and

Quartet No. 2 (performed by the Országh-Friss

String

Quartet).

4 January

- He brings to his mother and aunt’s the reviews of the previous evening with which he is satisfied.

10 January

- A Bartok-Zathureczky evening in Nyíregyháza,

at

the Bessenyei Circle.

Bartok plays Brahms’ Sonata in A major, his own Rhapsody No. 1, Beethovens Kreutzer

Sonata,

and Gertlers transcription of Sonatina with Zathureczky; his solo programme: Ballad and Old Hungarian Dances from 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Rondo No. 1, Evening in Transylvania, Bear Dance, and Allegro barbaro.

Bartok hasn’t had a public appearance in Budapest since 5 May 1930.

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