General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationRome
Note on Sender‘s location[Rome]
Send date30.07.1957
RecipientMoe, Henry
Recipient (corporation)John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
LanguageEnglish
Acquiredcopy from Guggenheim Foundation, New York
Owner of the sourceJohn Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Former call number at IBM44/B/11
Call number at IBMGF 1957-07-30
Content and physical description
ContentDespite the tiring weather, he has composed [The Rock] for the Cleveland Orchestra on a theme from American history (the arrival of the first pilgrims, the Plymouth Brothers) and is working on Parables for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It's going well, although he's caught a scribal cramp in his right hand. He still has a problem with passports because the State Department doesn't like the fact that he stayed too long in Europe when he composed the Greek Passions. He received a cheque and a receipt from the bank for the rest of the money in his account. He thanks the Foundation again for the financial security because he can compose whatever he wants. He has the desire to write another opera.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypewriting, handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
Digitized atIBM
Date of digitisation2024

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Corporation as subject
Bankers Trust Company
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
United States Department of State
Composition as subject
The Parables [auth.], H 367
The Rock [auth.], H 363
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