Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
At The Academy of Sciences. Great Compositions (1934–1938)
AT THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. GREAT C O M P O S I T I O N S ( 1 934-1 938) 1935 mother ’ s company. 29 March - He has a rehearsal with cellist Emanuel Feuermann whose playing he is satisfied with. 30 March - Evening of sonatas with Feuermann at the Music Institute of Higher Education (Music Academy). Programme: Beethovens Op. 69 in A major, Kodály ’s Op. 4, Brahms’ Op. 99 in F major, and Debussy’s Sonata. - He also gives two private lessons. During March his workdays at the Academy of Sciences are: the 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 27th. 4 , 9 and 20 April - He writes Universal Edition. 8 April - World premiere of String Quartet No. 5 in Washington by the Kolisch Quartet. 9 April - He gets a telegram from Washington after the world premiere: “The premiere of your quartet had outstanding success. Brilliant performance”. He brings the magazine Színházi Élet (Theatre Life) praising the Feuermann concert to his mother and aunt. 18 April - He informs Karcag printer, József Kertész that he checked that part of the kolinda texts that had been made up in Karcag and will return it shortly. 24 April - The Kolisch Quartet plays String Quartet No. 5 at Radio New York. Bartok gets a telegram from Washington to try to listen to it. (In these times this was still insolvable technically and owing to time differences.) During April his workdays at the Academy of Sciences are: the 2nd, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 30th. 6 May - In reply to Sándor Albrecht ’s inquiry he writes that he has no information about any planned Budapest performance of Cantata profana. At the same time asks 2 folk song booklets to be bought for him. 10 May - He writes two letters regarding the kolindas: to Universal Edition about the custody deposit and to the Waldheim-Eberle firm in Vienna about the score material they were preparing. 375
