General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Note on Sender‘s location[New York, NY]
Send date17.06.1947
RecipientMartinů, Charlotte
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationVieux-Moulin
Note on Recipient‘s location[Vieux-Moulin]
LanguageFrench
Former call number at IBM45/67
Call number at IBMMarC 1947-06-17
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů writes to Charlotte Martinů about a rainy and sultry day in New York. He received a letter from ChM and several letters from Prague. He has seen a doctor who has confirmed his wonderful progress, but still recommends against travel, recommending instead rest outside the city. BM plans to rest in the mountains with [Frank] Rybka and mentions that his return to Europe for the winter might be risky due to the bad news there.
He suggests staying in the US for a few months until the situation in Europe calms down. Work is going well, he has almost finished the second part of the Quartet [SMITH QUARTET No. 7 (CONCERTO DA CAMERA)]. The reviews of SYMPHONY [No. 5] have been favourable. He has not yet had news from Karel [Novak], apparently he must regain his strength after all. Rudolf [Firkušný] is away in South America and Jana has remained in New York. He has not seen [Antonín] Svoboda again, apparently he has gone somewhere in the Midwest. He hopes that ChM is not worried about the suitcases, it is quite possible that Uncle Gogo [Louis Vautier] had no money. With the weddings ChM is going to, it's a real "epidemic", BM wonders how quickly Ginette [Fievet] could have forgotten her sweetheart.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
Fixationtypewriting, handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional

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Location as subject
Europe
South America
New York, NY
Prague
USA
Person as subject
?, Jana
Fievet, Ginette
Firkušný, Rudolf
Novák, Karel
Rybka, Frank
Svoboda, Antonín
Vautier, Louis
Composition as subject
String Quartet No. 7 (Concerto da camera), H 314
Symphony No. 5 [auth.], H 310
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