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Type of the document	Letter
Sender	Martinů, Bohuslav
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Note on Sender‘s location	[?]
Send date	05.11.1955
Recipient	Sacher, Paul
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Language	French
Language 2	English
Acquired	Paul Sacher Stiftung
Owner of the source	Paul Sacher Stiftung
Former call number at IBM	49/266
Call number at IBM	Sac 1955-11-05

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Content	Bohuslav Martinů writes to Paul Sacher that they [he and Charlotte Martinů] have been in New York for a month, but he has had no time for anything. They looked for an apartment for a long time but found nothing and are still staying in an expensive hotel. Life in general is expensive there. They hope to have an apartment by December so BM can start working on his grand opera [GREEK PASSION]. In Bern he was appointed a member of the Haghe Sanghers. He did not meet Adolfo Streuli in Paris, he only had one day of time there before his departure. He went to ASCAP and got a vague and rather incredulous answer there. BM is supposed to present them with a list of the designs he is making. He is going there this week. He got some advice from Aaron Copland. He says he is getting a lot of money from ASCAP. BM is thinking about going back to Europe and staying longer. He is looking for an organization other than the Guggenheim that could arrange his stay in Europe. He's thinking about Rockefeller, they have a lot of money. BM is not very happy in America. The country seems to have given him what it could. He is having a hard time adjusting to the competitive life, the pressure and the rush. He is considering how to find enough money to live [in Europe]. Perhaps there is some small chance that things will settle down in Czechoslovakia and he could return there. He [and ChM] will definitely return to Europe in the spring, they have already booked their boat tickets. That is some consolation. BM is looking forward to starting work on his new opera [GREEK PASSIONS].
Total number of leaves	1
Number of pages bearing text	2
Note	concept of the letter; final part written in hand
Fixation	typescript, handwriting
Markings	in B. Martinů's hand