General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Note on Sender‘s location[?]
Send date07.02.1950
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 IBM49/219
Call number at IBMSac 1950-02-07
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů tells Paul Sacher that he has finally met Betty Bean, who has been away from New York for several days. BB confirmed to him that the CONCERTANT SYMPHONY [No. 2] could not be performed because the material for it is still not ready. After the writer's first visit, BB had already negotiated [with Boosey & Hawkes] in London to reserve the work's premiere for Sacher. BB has also cancelled all commissions for the work for the current and next season. An announcement of a future performance of the work appeared on the BBC schedule. It was arranged by Rafael Kubelík, perhaps with London [B&H]. RK, however, did not have the material anyway, and BM wrote to him personally asking him not to perform the piece before Sacher's premiere.
BB has written to London [B&H] again, hopefully all will go well. It would be best if PS writes to [B&H] in London himself and arranges with them, among other things, for timely delivery of material.
BM wonders again that PS got the wrong message about the Paris version.
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

Preview only available at the Institute.

Location as subject
New York, NY
Paris
Person as subject
Bean, Betty Randolph
Kubelík, Rafael
Corporation as subject
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Boosey & Hawkes, London
Boosey & Hawkes, New York
British Broadcasting Corporation
Composition as subject
Sinfonia Concertante [auth.] No. 2, H 322
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