General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNice
Note on Sender‘s location[Nice?]
Send date02.09.1958
RecipientSacher, Paul
Recipient (corporation)
Note on Recipient‘s location[?]
LanguageFrench
AcquiredPaul Sacher Stiftung
Owner of the sourcePaul Sacher Stiftung
Former call number at IBM49/297
Call number at IBMSac 1958-09-02
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů apologizes for the delay with his article on [SMITH] SEXTET. He was waiting to arrive in Nice to borrow a typewriter. In the end he was unable to do so, so he writes in his hand. He doesn't remember much about the composition, PS may find more detailed information in Miloš Šafránek's book. He only remembers the last movement where two violins play in an octave and it is very impressive. PS should eventually supplement the article with an analysis.
As soon as BM gets a typewriter, he will describe to the addressees how [he and Charlotte Martinů] spent their holidays. They didn't do too well, also because of the weather. BM sent Maja Sacher a book which he liked very much.
PS shouldn't worry about the tempi in SEXTET. The first movement is more of an Allegro [as in] CONCERT GROSS, not a very fast tempo.
He is confused about the receipt for the EPOS ON GILGAMES. No payment has come to him. He asks Sacher for an explanation.
[Appendix:]
BM's article on SEXTET for 2 violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos. BM gives the circumstances of the composition's composition and its fate. Asks Sacher to add the characteristics of the individual movements, as he does not have the score himself.
Total number of leaves3+2+1
Number of pages bearing text3+2+1
Notediplomatic transcription of the letter attached; letterhead crossed out (Hôtel Rochester)
Fixationhandwriting
Attachmentshandwritten text about STRING SEXTET attached
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
Paris
USA
Washington, D.C.
Person as subject
Harsányi, Tibor
Martinů, Charlotte
Sacher, Maja
Šafránek, Miloš
Sprague-Coolidge, Elisabeth
Corporation as subject
Library of Congress
Pro Arte Quartet
Composition as subject
Concerto Grosso, H 263
The Epic of Gilgamesh [auth.], H 351
String Sextet, H 224
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