General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Note on Sender‘s location[?]
Send date13.12.1949
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 IBM49/215
Call number at IBMSac 1949-12-13
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů is glad to hear from Paul [and Maja] Sacher from Schönenberg and hopes that they will rest after their trip from the USA.
He answers the questions [contained in the enclosed letter of 25 November].
FIELD MESSES:
BM clarifies and explains the title. They have the material in Melantrich, and will certainly send it to Sacher. There are problems with the translation, there is only an English translation and it is unsatisfactory. BM and his Princeton students have translated the text anew, so the only good translation is now at Princeton University. If PS wants to do the work, BM can send him one part with a good translation and PS would then add the text to the remaining material that would come from Prague. The choir is not large, so it would not be too laborious. Another possibility would be a translation into German. Does the PS know anyone who could produce it? They are too slow in Prague and still don't have time.
BM thinks the mass is written for three percussionists but he doesn't have the score with him to check. The piece lasts approximately 30 minutes. BM would like to replace the harmonium with an organ. They also used the organ in the Princeton church performance and it was impressive.
CONCERTANTE SYMPHONY NO. 2:
The piece lasts about 16 minutes. The "French horn" is a French horn. Horns and clarinets are optional; the piece can also be played with just strings and piano. There is an error in the score, pages 55 and 56 have been switched. BM is glad that Sacher likes the piece and wants to perform it for his 60th birthday.
BM does not know the composer Miroslav Kubíček.
BM and Charlotte Martinů salute the addressee and MS.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypescript, handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
Digitized atBohuslav Martinů Institute
Date of digitisation2017

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Location as subject
Prague
Princeton, New Jersey
Schönenberg, Pratteln
USA
Person as subject
Kubíček, Miroslav
Martinů, Charlotte
Sacher, Maja
Corporation as subject
Melantrich
Princeton University
Composition as subject
Sinfonia Concertante [auth.] No. 2, H 322
Field Mass, H 279
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