General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Note on Sender‘s location[?]
Send date22.07.1941
RecipientSacher, Paul
Recipient (corporation)
Note on Recipient‘s location[?]
LanguageFrench
Language 2English
AcquiredPaul Sacher Stiftung
Owner of the sourcePaul Sacher Stiftung
Former call number at IBM49/125
Call number at IBMSac 1941-07-22
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů informs Paul [and Maja] Sacher that he has already received all the letters and the telegram from the addressee and the messages from [Nelly Louis and Jean Rudolph] Frey.
He and Charlotte Martinů are very glad to get out of New York to the country, they needed a rest.
BM set to work on the violin concerto [CONCERTO DA CAMERA]. The 1st movement is finished and the 2nd movement almost so. In two weeks BM will finish the whole concerto and have it sent to Sacher according to his instructions, hopefully the shipment will not be delayed. BM will have a copy made [in America]. He hopes that PS will be satisfied with the piece. BM has already contacted the Swiss Consulate and believes that PS will receive the piece in time, i.e. around September.
BM has not had much news from Europe, only from Karolina Martinu. They have not heard from ChM's parents or friends.
BM is feeling calmer and has decided not to change his character in any way, even though it is not very American.
They have experienced many new things, met friends, but the implications of recent events are more profound than they could have imagined.
He's happy to have been able to work on [CONCERTA DA CAMERA]. During his first days in New York, he regretted not being able to devote himself to the piece.
Does PS have the CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA [No. 2] and its score with him? Perhaps the concerto could be performed in Geneva. He spoke to Jacqueline Blancard about the piece. Does PS know it?
BM and ChM will stay in the country until Sept 15, then probably return to New York. BM will write the Sachers some more from the country. She and ChM are doing a lot of English study.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Notehandwritten note: "erh. 4. Aug"
Fixationhandwriting
Markingsin an unidentified hand
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
Digitized atBohuslav Martinů Institute
Date of digitisation2017

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Location as subject
New York, NY
USA
Geneva
Person as subject
Blancard, Jacqueline
Frey, Jean Rudolph
Frey, Nelly Louise
Martinů, Charlotte
Martinů, Karolina
Quennehen, Augustine Ernestine Amicie
Sacher, Maja
Corporation as subject
Consulate General of Switzerland, New York
Composition as subject
Concerto da Camera, H 285
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2, H 237
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