General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Note on Sender‘s location[?]
Send date14.04.1959
RecipientSacher, Paul
Recipient (corporation)
Note on Recipient‘s location[?]
LanguageFrench
Language 2German
AcquiredPaul Sacher Stiftung
Owner of the sourcePaul Sacher Stiftung
Former call number at IBM49/305
Call number at IBMSac 1959-04-14
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů received a notification from Prague about a shipment of gramophone records to arrive in Schönenberg. He asks Paul Sacher to accept the package and listen to the records. These are apparently the recordings of POLNÍ MŠE and KYTICE [handwritten: "Les Fresques"].
From Vienna they invited BM to perform EPOS OF GILGAMES [BM quotes part of the letter]. He writes back that he accepts. However, they probably won't pay for his air travel and he is also probably the only one invited, not Charlotte Martinů.
BM complains about the weather. He is lazy and happy.
He has signed a contract with Karl Vötterl. He believes that the cooperation will go smoothly, until now KV has always been reliable. He promised the writer to publish PARABOL soon.
BM is having difficulties with Prague. Karel Šebánek would like to meet him, he has received permission to go to Paris, but he cannot go on BM's behalf.
He and ChM greet the addressee and Maja Sacher.
Total number of leaves1+2
Number of pages bearing text1+2
Notediplomatic transcription of the letter attached
Fixationtypewriting, handwritten signature
Markingsin an unidentified hand
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
Digitized atBohuslav Martinů Institute
Date of digitisation2017

Preview only available at the Institute.

Location as subject
Paris
Prague
Schönenberg, Pratteln
Vienna
Person as subject
Martinů, Charlotte
Sacher, Maja
Šebánek, Karel
Vötterle, Karl
Composition as subject
The Epic of Gilgamesh [auth.], H 351
The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca, H 352
Bouquet of Flowers, H 260
The Parables [auth.], H 367
Field Mass, H 279
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