General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderSacher, Paul
Sender (corporation)
Note on Sender‘s location[?]
Send date15.04.1957
RecipientMartinů, Bohuslav
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationRome
LanguageFrench
Language 2English
AcquiredPaul Sacher Stiftung
Owner of the sourcePaul Sacher Stiftung
Former call number at IBM49/284
Call number at IBMSac 1957-04-15a
Content and physical description
ContentPaul Sacher thanks Bohuslav Martinů for his letter of 2.4. In the following week (or a little later) he will send him his score of the EPOS ON GILGAMES for proofreading. Sacher's second copy of the score is in the Universal Edition. They can't do without it there because they have to get the material out quickly.
BM's idea of an "action" (semi-scenic) performance of EPOS ON GILGAMES is probably unfeasible in Basel. PS can only perform the work as a concert oratorio. Half-concert and half-theatre performances, such as were attempted in Vienna, for example, have never been satisfactory and, according to the PS, cannot be.
It is necessary to engage solo singers for each role, and not to look for soloists among the members of the choir. Is it possible to entrust the small alto solo and the part of the narrator to one of the other soloists?
The premiere is scheduled for 23 and 24 January 1958 and will take place in Basel. Will BM be able to attend?
Maja Sacher will try to obtain the prospectus of the "maison préfabriquée" and send it to the addressee.
PS and MS greet the addressee and Charlotte Martinů.
Total number of leaves1+1
Number of pages bearing text1+1
Notediplomatic transcription of the letter attached
Fixationtypescript
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
Vienna
Person as subject
Martinů, Charlotte
Sacher, Maja
Corporation as subject
Universal Edition
Composition as subject
The Epic of Gilgamesh [auth.], H 351
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