General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Note on Sender‘s location[New York]
Send date18.10.1948
RecipientŠebánek, Karel
Recipient (corporation)Melantrich
Note on Recipient‘s location[Prague]
LanguageCzech
Acquiredcopy from K. Šebánek's estate, Bohuslav Martinů Centre in Polička
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Former ownerŠebánek, Karel
Owner‘s call numberPBM Kkš 952
Former call number at IBM56/59
Call number at IBMŠeb 1948-10-18
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů gives permission for any adaptation of the ballet ISTAR for performance at the National Theatre. He is not particularly enthusiastic about it, it is too old a work. He hopes that Karel Šebánek will not want to publish it. He is concerned that KS is sending the score of JULIETTA through the embassy. He needs a copy with the English text as soon as possible. He asks about KS's plans to come to America and whether this would jeopardize his job at the publishing house. Waiting for news about the money shipment, asks about his bust. He sends photographs. Wonders how KS feels about the situation when he returns home. He hasn't seen Ralph Hawkes yet, he is very busy at the University. He begs KS to prevent further arbitrary filming of his works. The records [SYMPHONY No. 4, recorded by Rafael Kubelík with CF?] are to be sent to him through the Ministry.
Diplomatic transcription of the letter

Octob. 18. 1948.



Mily Karle,



Davam ti timto svoleni k uprave meho baletu "Istar" k provedeni v Narodnim Divadle v Praze v jakékoliv redukci nebo uprave,jiz potrebuji. Myslim ze i redukce na 30 minut,je-li možná, by byla prospešna.[1]



 



Doufam ze ti tohle staci,zvlastni radost z toho nemam,je to tak stare dilo.Doufam ze to nebudes chtet vydat,tak at si to upravi jak chteji.[2] Jsem trochu znepokojen,ze jsi nechal poslat partituru Julietty pres ambassadu,mel jsi ji vziti radeji sam sebou do avionu.Na kazdy zpusob hled co nejdrive mtit kopii,napis mi jak to vypada a jake jsou vylohy vloz anglicky text do kopie partitury a jakmile bude kopie hotova ,posli mi nejakym sichr zpusobem rukopis,mozna ze ho budes moci prinesti sam. Napis mi vubec trochu vice o tvych planech, zdali se sem chces podivat a zdali je to proveditelne,aby si nekdo nesedl na tvoje misto kdyz bys byl pryc delsi dobu,takove veci se stavaji.



Take stale cekam na zpravy ohledne te penezni zasilky,jak se k tomu tvari a jak ministr prijal muj dopis,zkratka bych chtel videt neco positivniho v te veci,jinak bych se musel prece jenom podivat po nejakem prijmu zde. Delal jsi nejake pokusy s tou moji bustou na ministerstvu a nebo v Policce?[3]Foto ti poslu abys mel novou zasobu.



Tak hlavne napis jak jsi shledal situaci po svem navratu a co se da ocekavat.Hawkese[4] jsem dosud nevidel jsem hodne zamestnan na Universite. Zkratka hlavni veci jsou Juliette a potom ty penize jez mam u vas. Mluvil jsi s Cejkou? Psal jsem mu sam take ale nemam odpoved.[5]



A co je s temi disky? At mi je ministerstvo sem posle na konsulat,potrebuji je nutne a zaraz jim dalsi toceni bez meho svoleni.[6]



Napis brzo a podrobne.



Mnoho zdravim



tvuj



 



Bohouš M[7]



 



 



 


Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Noteevidently a carbon copy of sended letter
Fixationtypescript
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional

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Location as subject
Polička
Prague
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