translation.en: And it was at his house that I heard for the first time Bartok's Third Piano Concerto and learned from Mr. Teszler that it had been composed in nearby Asheville, North Carolina He was dying of leukemia and he knew it, and he dedicated this concerto to his wife, Dita, who was herself a concert pianist.
translation.zh: 就是在他家我第一次听到 巴托克的第三钢琴协奏曲，并且从特兹勒先生得知 它是巴托克在生命的最后几年 在北卡罗来纳州的阿什维尔附近谱写的。 当时他患了白血病，得知自己的时日不多， 他谱写这首曲子献给他的妻子蒂塔， 她自己也是一名钢琴演奏家。