General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationPolička
Send date03.09.1927
Recipient
Recipient (corporation)Universal Edition
Note on Recipient‘s location[Vienna?]
LanguageGerman
Former call number at IBM52/29
Call number at IBMUE 1927-09-03
Content and physical description
ContentIn reply to the letter dated 26 August, he writes that the work they asked about is the ballet WHO IS THE MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLD, premiered in Brno in 1926 and in Prague in 1927. It was a great success at both theatres. He has sent them the score to have a look at. He would be glad if they sent it to the theatre that has shown an interest in it. The work has been enthusiastically received by audiences and critics alike. Perhaps the title should be changed to “Mäusenballet” for Germany. At the moment, the autograph score is in America, where performances of the work are being negotiated. He thinks that he will get it back in the autumn and then he could make it available to them. But in Prague they have a copy and the theatre director Otakar Ostrčil has promised to lend him the score in the case that the work is staged elsewhere. It is a joyful ballet-sketch, with modern dances, and lasts three hours. The subject: a family of mice have a beautiful daughter and they want to marry her to the most powerful in the world. The mouse prince is not the right husband, nor is the sun, since it is veiled by a cloud. The cloud is blown away by the wind, yet the wind is helpless against a wall. But mice can undermine and break down the wall. The mouse prince is thus the most powerful in the world, so they give him their daughter. BM would be pleased if the ballet were performed in Germany.
Number of pages bearing text2
Fixationhandwriting, signature (Martinů)
Digitisation The document is not digitized. Hard copy available in Bohuslav Martinů Institute library.
Location as subject
Brno
Prague
Person as subject
Ostrčil, Otakar
Corporation as subject
Národní divadlo Brno
Národní divadlo v Praze
Composition as subject
Who is the Most Powerful in the World, H 133
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