Bartók in Britain

Name of traveller

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

Reason for travel

• concert at Aberystwyth 16 March 1922

It is a magnificent, hilly region, with a wild, rocky seashore, and there isn’t a single cloud in the sky. (Bartók 33)

Content

• written to his sister on a postcard of the view 'from Constitution Hill'
• terrain: comments on the 'wild, rocky seashore', and the cloudless sky
• original letter included in Hungarian publication: Bartók Béla családi levelei. Ed. Béla Bartók jr. Budapest: Edito Musica, 1981. Print.

Nationality of traveller

Hungarian

Language of publication

English, translated from Hungarian

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

letter

Citation

Bartók, Béla. Bartók in Britain. Ed. Malcolm Gillies. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. 33. Print.