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 doesn’t play his own works in Budapest because here it hurts him especially when these are not understood. (Following 1 January 1931, Bartoks work was heard in Budapest performed by the composer indeed only in the autumn of 1936, even that was a performance with orchestral accompaniment.) 16 August - As a reaction to the tetanus vaccination received two weeks previously he gets a rash and develops a fever. 26 August - He visits his mother and aunt, then the Kodálys. 29 August - He brings his new composition Choirs for Childrens and Womens Choir for Two and Three Voices, completed with great joy, to his mother and aunt. 30 August - He informs the editors of Radio Life that he doesn’t give interviews, thus not even to them; however, he is willing to read out at the Radio his recently published article entitled Why We Collect Folk Music? in an extended form entitled Why and How We Should Collect Folk Music? for a fee of 150 pengős. 1 September - He writes a letter to Universal Edition, then visits his mother. - He writes his son Péter that the rabbits kept in the garden of the house on Csalán Road were in great danger due to a heavy rainfall, and reminds him to jot down a folk song: "... Surely you have forgotten about that folk song, that’s why I call your attention to write it down complete with music score, lyrics, the whole kit and caboodle.”. 2 September - He brings flowers for Irma Voit’s 86th birthday, then accompanies his mother to the Czecho-Slovakian consulate where - for sparing his often ailing mother - he asks that they dispense with her monthly obligatory reporting during the winter period. 5 September - On a postcard he asks Jenő Deutsch to turn the pages for his radio concert of 10 September. 6 September - He has tea at his mother and aunt’s. 7 September - He writes the Austrian Radio that he plans to have his rehearsal there on the 13th. 379
