| Content | Bohuslav Martinů cannot sign the contract [probably Šeb 1947-06-00] that Karel Šebánek sent him. Although it is actually an exclusive contract, BM agrees in principle with the details. The problem is the lack of personal contact, after the letters he does not find such a settlement appropriate. In addition, he must first regulate his relationship with other labels, find out what the rights are to the songs commissioned by the radio and to the theatre works. He hopes to be able to go to Prague in the autumn or spring at the latest, where he could sign a definitive contract. If they absolutely need a contract because of OSA, for now he would only sign contracts for works already published or works that are in print. He notes that he has reworked the entire ballet THE SPALIER, so if they want to publish the piano extract, they will have to do a completely new one based on the score, which is probably in the Vieux Moulin. He would like to know the date of the orchestral material of the FIELD MASS and the conditions for borrowing it. |
| Diplomatic transcription of the letter | Cerven 26. 1947.
Mily priteli,
obdrzel jsem vasi smlouvu, ale v teto forme ji nemohu podepsati.Je to vlastne exklusivnismlouva, s detaily v zasade souhlasim ale momentalne vam jeste exklusivitu nemohu dati,protoze jsem v urcitych pripadech vazan jinymi edicemi a musim drive svuj pomer k k nim upraviti.Mimo to exklusivni smlouva vyzaduje osobni dohody s vami, v urcitych paragrafech,coz dopisovanim by vzalo prilis mnoho casu.[1]Rovnez musim drive vysetriti muj pomer ke skladbam jez byly objednany Radiem,[2]a take statut o divadelnich pracich.Proto abychom se vyhnuli pripadnym nedorozumenim,bude lepe abychom definitivni smlouvu udelali az budu v Praze,coz ted uz bude v nejblizsi budoucnosti,bud na podzim nebo v krajnim pripade, pristim jarem.[3]
Jestlize nutne potrebujete smlouvu vzhledem k Osa,zaslete mi prozatimni navrh smlouvy na dila jez jste uz vydali,nebo jez jsou v tisku,myslim ze to pro okamzik staci,nez se vratim sam do Prahy,coz je dnes otazka uz jen par mesicu.
Zminujete se o vydani klav. vytahu Spalicku,upozornuji,ze jsem cely balet ponekud zmenil a orchestroval pro vetsi ensemble[4], bude nutno tedy udelati klav. vytah z teto nove partitury,jez se nyni naleza pravdepodobne ve Vieux Moulin u moji pani.[5]Sdelta mi vas nazor ohledne smlouvy a napiste mi taky kdy bude hotov orchest. material Polni mse,muze-li byti proveden s angl. textem,kdy bych mohl material miti zde[6]a jake jsou vase podminky pujcovni.
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B. Martinů[7]
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