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

War Years (1914–1919)

WAR YEARS (1914-1919)

1916

Around 9 March - He travels to Vienna again, on the 11th he visits his mother and aunt in Pozsony.

16 March - He is in Breznóbánya.

23 March - His mother arrives from Pozsony.

25 March - They spend Bartoks 35th birthday together. On the 28th his mother returns to Pozsony.

April 1916” is the date on the manuscript of the Ady song entitled I Cannot Come to You, which then got published in the periodical Ma (Today) on 15 June 1917.

22 April (Holy Saturday) - He travels to Zólyom

county,

collects first in Zólyombrézó,

then

on the 23rd, 24th, 25th in Garamolaszka, afterwards he goes to Besztercebánya,

where

he is guest of Forestry Counsellor Aladár

Hubert.

27, 28, 29 April - He is collecting marching songs in the barracks of the 16th infantry regiment of Besztercebánya.

In

this period its probably in the barracks that he collects the songs originating from the communities Zólyommiklós

and

Lópér

of

Zólyom

county,

and from Szinóbánya and

Dabar

of

Nógrád

county.

29 April

- He leaves Besztercebánya

for

Zólyombrézó.

30 April

- He collects in Cserpatak

(Zólyom county).

18 May - He gives an acknowledgement of receipt for paper in the value of 100 Guldens, dated 31 May (!) to the Leipzig printing house G. Röder. (Obviously

paper bought for the printing of the Máramaros

publication.)

The Budapest Opera House is finally working on the performance of The Wooden Prince.

1 June - In connection with this Bartok asks for an advance of 400 K (crowns) for copying and other expenses.

23 June

- He is in Zólyombrézó.

24 June

- He travels back to Rákoskeresztúr.

Between 4 and 6 July he repeats this trip.

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