General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Send date09.01.1958
RecipientRybka, Frank
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageCzech
AcquiredCopy from F. James Rybka, 01/1998
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Owner‘s call numberPBM K fr 1304
Former call number at IBM8/84
Call number at IBMRyb 1958-01-09
Content and physical description
ContentHe didn't write for a long time because he was catching up on a piano concerto, but he had finished it, and on that very day the manuscript was taken to Zurich. When he writes a lot, his hand hurts, but otherwise they are healthy. They had a nice holiday. Now they have rehearsals for the "Oratorio" [EPOS ON GILGAMES?], the concert will be on January 24. In January Szell was to play the new piece in Cleveland [Skála?], Bakala played in Brno DOUBLE CONCERT.
He praises the peace and living. There was a ceremony in Polička - they unveiled a memorial plaque to him. CELL'S SONATA was published in Prague, he will send it to Mrs. Kindler. The passport troubles begin again. Serkin wrote to him, he was satisfied with the SONATA and the reception. BM would like to hear it. She was played by Eliska Nováková in Brno.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypewriting, handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
Date of digitisation01/1998
Note on digitisationCopy from F. James Rybka

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Location as subject
Brno
Cleveland, Ohio
Zürich
Paris
Polička
Prague
Person as subject
Bakala, Břetislav
Kindlerová,
Martinů, Charlotte
Nováková, Eliška
Serkin, Rudolf
Szell, George
Corporation as subject
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Composition as subject
Double Concerto, H 271
The Epic of Gilgamesh [auth.], H 351
Fantasia concertante. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, H 366
Sonata for Piano, H 350
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano No. 3, H 340
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