General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Note on Sender‘s location[?]
Send date24.04.1951
RecipientSacher, Paul
Recipient (corporation)
Note on Recipient‘s location[?]
LanguageFrench
AcquiredPaul Sacher Stiftung
Owner of the sourcePaul Sacher Stiftung
Former call number at IBM49/238
Call number at IBMSac 1951-04-24
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů thanks Paul Sacher for his letter.
BM probably misspoke about JULIETTA. He had not counted on performing the opera in Basel, he would have used it only as an excuse. Once the material was out of Prague, BM would have found it easier to persuade Karel Šebánek - the director of [Orbis], which published the piano excerpt of JULIETTA - to allow the material to be sent to the USA, leaving all the responsibility to BM. BM reiterates that they do not refuse to lend him the material in Prague, but they do not dare to send it directly to the USA. Orbis Publishing would be better off if the material was in Switzerland. BM, however, does not insist on PS.
BM could request the material through the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, where they want to perform the opera in concert. However, Rafael Kubelík is working there and he does not have a good reputation in Prague now.
Will PS come to New York this year?
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
Basel
New York, NY
Prague
Switzerland
USA
Person as subject
Kubelík, Rafael
Šebánek, Karel
Corporation as subject
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Orbis
Composition as subject
Juliette (The Key to Dreams), H 253
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