General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderStravinskij, Igor
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationHollywood, Los Angeles, California
Send date27.04.1951
RecipientBoulanger, Nadia
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageFrench
AcquiredBibliotheque nationale de France, Paris
Owner of the sourceBibliothèque nationale de France
Former call number at IBM64/B/3
Call number at IBMBouN 1951-04-27
Content and physical description
Content- the writer thanks for the letter of 11.4. sent from Cap d'Antibes (...);
- the writer says that he has signed a contract with the Biennale and will conduct the premiere of Rake¨s Progress at the Venice Festival on 10.9 (...); some complications with Scala - the publisher of Pistel (Boosey and Hawkes) has already begun negotiations with them (...);
- the writer confirms that he had already heard of the success Markevitch had had with The Rite of Spring, and adds that he was of course unaware that he had also performed Mavra and Persephone, and also adds that he knew of his performance of Orfeo at the 1949 Venice Biennale (...);
- the writer says that the opera (?) is already finished, except for a short Prelude (...); he adds that it will not include an overture (...);
- the writer expresses the hope that he will meet the addressee in Venice (...); he notes that it will be busy and gives a list of acquaintances who will also be there (...)
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypewriting, handwritten markings
Digitisation The document is not digitized. Hard copy available in Bohuslav Martinů Institute library.
Location as subject
Antibes
Venice
Corporation as subject
Biennale di Venezia
Boosey & Hawkes, London
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