General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Note on Sender‘s location[?]
Send date25.05.1946
RecipientSacher, Paul
Recipient (corporation)
Note on Recipient‘s location[?]
LanguageFrench
AcquiredPaul Sacher Stiftung
Owner of the sourcePaul Sacher Stiftung
Former call number at IBM49/160
Call number at IBMSac 1946-05-25
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů announces to Paul Sacher that he will not go to the Prague Spring Festival and can therefore start working on a composition for him [TOCCATA E DUE CANZONI]. The composition of the orchestra is planned as follows: 1 piccolo, 2 oboes, 1 clarinet, 1 bassoon, 1 trumpet, timpani (piatti, Tamb. pic.), piano and strings. Isn't the expansion of the orchestra too big? He has already started writing the first movement, but is still hesitant about the title of the piece, stating "Concert da camera". He is very happy to be working for PS again: it is already a bit of a return to Europe for him. He makes photocopies of the piece and sends them to Sacher by air. He hopes to finish the work before he leaves for Berkshire. The piece will be in three movements and will last approximately 25-28 minutes.
Charlotte Martinů will go to Paris on the Ile de France on 6 June, and will write to Sacher. She will be at the Vieux Moulin.
BM thanks Sacher for sending packages to his family.
KITCHEN REVUE should be septet, if BM remembers correctly.
BM is happy to be conducting PS in Prague.
BM and ChM greet the addressee and Maja Sacher.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Notesigned in B. Martinů's hand: "B. et Ch. Martinů"
Fixationtypescript, handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
Digitized atBohuslav Martinů Institute
Date of digitisation2017

Preview only available at the Institute.

Location as subject
Berkshire
Paris
Prague
Vieux-Moulin
Person as subject
Martinů, Charlotte
Sacher, Maja
Corporation as subject
Pražské jaro
Tanglewood Music Center
Composition as subject
The Kitchen Revue, H 161 A
The Kitchen Revue, H 161
Toccata e due canzoni, H 311
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