General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationSchönenberg, Pratteln
Send date29.07.1956
RecipientKazantzakis, Nikos
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageFrench
Language 2English
AcquiredCopy of the copy from CBM
Former call number at IBM39/28
Call number at IBMKaz 1956-07-29
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů has completed the second act [of the GREEK PASSIONS], which will end with a choral scene. He is now working on the third act. He has no text for the wedding scene and needs to know from the NC the song that accompanies the ceremony. He mentions some other changes in the plot layout. He would like to use the wedding ceremony with folk music to ease the tension before the final drama. He asks for a few lines for the landowner or for the priest Grigoris.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
NoteAt the Martinů Institute there is also a handwritten transcript of the letter by unknow hand, it's origin is not known.
Fixationtypewriting, handwritten signature
Digitisation The document is not digitized. Hard copy available in Bohuslav Martinů Institute library.
Location as subject
London
New York, NY
Switzerland
Person as subject
Kazantzakis, Helen (Eleni)
Composition as subject
The Greek Passion, 1st version, H 372 I
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