General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationAix-en-Provence
Send date17.12.1940
RecipientSacher, Paul
Recipient (corporation)
Note on Recipient‘s location[?]
LanguageFrench
AcquiredPaul Sacher Stiftung
Owner of the sourcePaul Sacher Stiftung
Former call number at IBM49/107
Call number at IBMSac 1940-12-17
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů thanks Paul and Maja Sacher for their advice and news. Today he sent a telegram to the addressees asking them to book his boat tickets for 23 January. He also asks them to ask the office to confirm the booking.
He regrets causing complications for the addressees, but they [with ChM] did what they could.
They expect their exit visas any day now and have already been promised a transit visa for Spain. After these matters have been settled, they will go immediately to Lisbon and wait there.
I am sure they will be well received. BM's arrival is eagerly awaited in music circles.
BM thanks Max Klein for contacting him, he has also written to him. BM himself knows influential people in [Madrid].
He regrets that he will miss the Christmas boat, but for time reasons it is better to leave on 23 Jan and book this (or another) date immediately. It is a pity they cannot take boxes for [Nelly Louise and] Jean Rudolph Frey. BM promises to write to them as soon as they arrive.
BM does not yet know how things stand with Universal Edition and Louis Wauthier [regarding the manuscript score of CONCERTA GROSSA]. BM sent Sacher the material. He regrets that UE did not entrust him with everything, otherwise he could have had the piece performed in the US.
BM is still working but it is difficult with all the distractions and the cold. But after the experience of the last few months there is little to stop him working.
BM will save the work on the cantata for quieter times, hopefully soon.
He asks PS to keep the CONCERT FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA [No. 2] with him.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
Fixationhandwriting
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
Digitized atBohuslav Martinů Institute
Date of digitisation2017

Preview only available at the Institute.

Location as subject
Lisbon
Madrid
Spain
Person as subject
Frey, Jean Rudolph
Frey, Nelly Louise
Klein, Max
Martinů, Charlotte
Sacher, Maja
Wauthier, Louis
Corporation as subject
Universal Edition
Composition as subject
Concerto Grosso, H 263
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2, H 237
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