General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Note on Sender‘s location[New York]
Send date08.04.1950
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 977
Former call number at IBM56/84
Call number at IBMŠeb 1950-04-08
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů received the score of JULLIETTA, he thanks Karel Šebánek and Ladislav Urban, he is happy. He would also like to have the scores of THE GAMES OF MARY and THE SPALICE. KS paused - BM would like to know how he is getting on. He also wants to know how the money from abroad is deposited in the Czechoslovakia for performances of his works and how much he earns (he would like to release some of this money for the benefit of some of his friends, including KS and Alén Diviš). He would need to send at least the first meeting from Spalicek. He has an offer to write incidental music for Broadway, using some of the parts from the Palladium. BM has sent KS a package of music through the Consulate to the Ministry of Information and Education, which he probably doesn't know and won't get at home. (BM calls the office to which he addressed the sheet music the office of "cultural attaches and attaches.") BM was asked by Paris Radio for permission to perform THE MESSAGE ON THE BRIDGE, from which he was told that it had been recorded on records and performed in Vienna for the Prix Italia. Not knowing what to make of this, KS asks. He receives similar letters from Brussels and Sweden and does not know what to reply. He has joined a new company, BIEM, which takes care of copyright protection on records. They will also check the recording of BM's works in Prague. KS is not supposed to answer to AMP, BM will sort it out with them. He sees that writing letters to Melantrich is going nowhere, so he decides to make arrangements with AMP. He asks how the money issue is going and if he should write to a ministry or directly to the Minister.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypescript, handwritten signature (Martinů)
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional

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Location as subject
France
Prague
United Kingdom
Person as subject
Diviš, Alén
Urban, Ladislav
Corporation as subject
Associated Music Publishers
Bureau International des Sociétés Gérant les Droits d'Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mécanique
Centex
Darex
Ministerstvo informací ČSR
Národní banka Československá
Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním
Radio Paris, Paris
Composition as subject
The Plays of Mary, H 236
Juliette (The Key to Dreams), H 253
The Chap-Book, 2nd version, H 214 II
Comedy on the Bridge, H 247
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