General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Send date11.02.1948
RecipientLöwenbach, Jan
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageCzech
AcquiredPamátník národního písemnictví (LA - Umělecká beseda)
Former call number at IBM2/B/22
Call number at IBMLöw 1948-02-11
Content and physical description
ContentBM thanks for the quick turnaround, the materials from Melantrich have arrived. He is surprised that Löwenbach is not answering his questions about returning home. He repeats his questions - what to do, what about housing... He has no news. He can't come before April - he describes all the reasons. He asks who can help him. He has good offers for work, but still doesn't feel quite right. He is writing the second movement of a concerto, would like to finish it by March. He sends criticisms in the cover. They are interested in Juliette, but he needs an English translation. Leinsdorf will give the 4th symphony, Koussevitzky perhaps the first. Praises Jan Novak, will take him to class. He wonders if he shouldn't devote himself exclusively to composition and teach only occasionally. Inwardly he is dissatisfied and uneasy...
Number of pages bearing text1
Digitisation The document is not digitized. Hard copy available in Bohuslav Martinů Institute library.
Person as subject
Firkušný, Rudolf
Kusevickij, Sergej Aleksandrovič
Leinsdorf, Erich
Novák, Jan
Syrový,
Corporation as subject
Melantrich
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Composition as subject
Juliette (The Key to Dreams), H 253
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3, H 316
Symphony No. 1 [auth.], H 289
Symphony No. 4 [auth.], H 305
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