General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Note on Sender‘s location[New York]
Send date15.01.1950
RecipientŠebánek, Karel
Recipient (corporation)Orbis
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 974
Former call number at IBM56/81
Call number at IBMŠeb 1950-01-15
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů sends in a completed form so that he can get his money in the form of support. He begins to doubt whether this was a good idea. He doesn't want to talk to Karel Šebánek, he knows what he is doing. He asks him to point out in the appropriate places that BM's cooperation with Orbis depends on the fulfilment of the signed contracts. He also asks about the 30,000 he had been allowed to travel to Paris, which he wanted to use to repair his house in Vieux Moulin. He describes how he had to borrow money to repair the house and eventually sold it. The contract [between Orbis and Boosey & Hawkes] seems good to him, if he understands it well. Raul H. [Ralph Hawkes] had only one objection, but he will deal with KS directly. He has not received anything from Winterthur and is depositing it with B&H. He is waiting for the JULIETTE scores and will do something immediately. He has the possibility of a concert performance with 'a good young conductor' [?]. But he does not know how he will solve the question of the translations of the vocal parts. He asks about the lifting of the SPALICE, he is very much looking forward to it. Wonders if the Academy could send him a prize to America. He recalls their meeting in the rue de St. Peres. If KS had received a letter from AMP, he is not to reply to them until he gets further news from BM.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypescript, handwritten signature (Martinů), inscriptions
Markingsin BM´s hand
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional
Digitized atBohuslav Martinu Center

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Location as subject
Paris
USA
Vieux-Moulin
Winterthur
Person as subject
Hawkes, Ralph
Corporation as subject
Akademie múzických umění v Praze
Associated Music Publishers
Boosey & Hawkes, London
Česká národní banka
Melantrich
Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním
Orbis
Composition as subject
Juliette (The Key to Dreams), H 253
The Chap-Book, 2nd version, H 214 II
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