Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
At The Academy of Sciences. Great Compositions (1934–1938)
1935 CHRONICLES OF BÉLA BARTOK'S LIFE Haraszti whose work as a cultural critic have always been criticised strongly by Bartok. 9 March - At Hotel Tisza of Szeged joint concert with Mária Basilides. Programme: Stradellas Pietà Signore, 6 songs by Schubert, Bartoks Nos. 6 to 15. of 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Rondo No. 1, Evening in Transylvania, Bear Dance, Allegro barbaro, 7 numbers of 20 Hungarian Folk Songs, and 4 pieces of Kodálys Belated Melodies. 10 March - In the morning Bartok leaves Szeged for Békéscsaba where he gives an evening of sonatas with Ede Zathureczky. Programme: Brahms’ Sonata in A major Op. 100, Bartoks Rhapsody No. 1, Gertler’s transcription of Bartoks Sonatina, Debussy’s Sonata, and Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata. 13 March - Back in Budapest he asks his sister to copy programs from old Radio Newspapers, four from 1932 and one from 1933, because superficial accounts don’t make clear what had been played exactly. 14 March - He writes Universal Edition, on the 15th Walther Schulthess, furthermore the Waldheim-Eberle printery regarding the publication of the kolindas. 18 March - He gets rashes and can’t go out. 19 March - The Waldbauer String Quartet’s 25-year jubilee concert at the Music Institute of Higher Education (Music Academy). Pieces of 2 composer’s evenings of 1910 make up the programme: Bartok’s and Kodálys first string quartets and Kodálys Sonata for Violoncello and Piano. The String Quartet, beside the original members - Imre Waldbauer, János Temesváry and Jenő Kerpely - has György Hannover on 2nd Violin. Bartok listens to the concert which is held in the absence of the ill Mr and Mrs Kodály. 22 March - He visits his mother and aunt, then has a meeting with publishers from Vienna. 25 March - On his 54th birthday he gives a lesson to his American pupil Dorothy Parrish, then keeps the anniversary in family circle, in his 374
