General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationEdgartown, Massachusetts
Note on Sender‘s location[Edgartown, Massachusetts]
Send date20.08.1941
RecipientSacher, Paul
Recipient (corporation)
Note on Recipient‘s location[?]
LanguageFrench
AcquiredPaul Sacher Stiftung
Owner of the sourcePaul Sacher Stiftung
Former call number at IBM49/127
Call number at IBMSac 1941-08-20
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů informs Paul Sacher that he has completed the violin concerto [CONCERTO DA CAMERA] and that he is sending the manuscript to New York today, from where it will be delivered to the addressee via Victor Nef. PS is to acknowledge receipt of the parcel. BM has been delayed by making a copy himself and also by attending the Berkshire Festival.
BM has proofread the score, there should be no errors. The shifts in the solo part are not definite, just marking phrases. PS can make changes if necessary. He may also intervene in parts that are too difficult or where fingering would be inappropriate. The BM will also go over the score with the violinist.
BM has spoken to [Ralph?] Hawkes of the London office of Boosey & Hawkes who is interested in this work.
BM has added cymbals and triangle to the 3rd movement, hopefully this will not cause complications.
Strings should always play divisi, not "doppelgrifs" unless specifically stated. Dynamic nuances are to be adjusted by PS during rehearsals. BM would like to dedicate the work to BKO, and as a second possibility he mentions a dedication to Maja Sacher.
BM is still thinking about the cantata he would like to dedicate to MS.
PS is to write his opinion on CONCERTO DA CAMERA. It is the writer's first composition from America, he had trouble concentrating on it.
They [with Charlotte Martinu] are still in Edgartown. PS has until Sept. 15 to write there and then to the old address.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Notehandwritten note: "erh 4. Sept"
Fixationhandwriting
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
Digitized atBohuslav Martinů Institute
Date of digitisation2017

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Location as subject
Berkshire
New York, NY
Person as subject
Hawkes, Ralph
Martinů, Charlotte
Nef, Victor
Sacher, Maja
Corporation as subject
Basler Kammerorchester
Boosey & Hawkes, London
Composition as subject
Concerto da Camera, H 285
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