General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Send date18.03.1945
RecipientKundera, Rudolf
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageFrench
Acquiredfrom R. Kundera estate
Owner of the source- Soukromý vlastník, Private owner
Former call number at IBM62/2
Call number at IBMKunR 1945-03-18
Content and physical description
Content1st letter - B. Martinů writes to M. Fournier:
- the writer expresses his joy at the news they have received from the addressee and R. Kundera, thanks them for the postcard and assures the addressee that they have been thinking a lot of them (...); the writer notes that he has heard from J. Mucha, that he has also had news from Paris and from his wife's family (...); he asks about Mrs. B. (?) from Aix (...);
- the writer says that he is thinking very much of returning, and remarks that it will take some time (...);
- packages (...);
- greetings from the Firkusnes (...).

2nd letter:
B. Martinů writes to R. Kundera:
- thanks for the letter (...); the writer notes that J. Mucha has already informed him that the addressee has stayed (in Marseille?) (...); the writer expresses the hope that they will soon meet in Marseille (...);

Ch. Martinů writes to M. Fournier and R. Kundera:
- the writer expresses her joy at the good news and remarks that they were very worried (...); the writer asks about M. Fournier (...);
- the writer mentions her husband's prolific output (...);
- the writer mentions the lively concert activity of R. Firkušný (...); she judges that he is tired of the constant travelling, and remarks that he already knows every nook and cranny in the United States (...); the writer says that he is playing with the New York Philharmonic, and that he will play a concert by B. Martinů on 13, 14 and 16 April (...); notes that in the summer he will travel to South America, where he has already enjoyed great success (...); the writer notes that they see each other often, as they are neighbours (...);
- the writer expresses the wish that Czechoslovakia will already be liberated, expresses the desire to return to Europe (...)
Total number of leaves2
Number of pages bearing text2
Fixationhandwriting
MarkingsCh. Martinů
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional
Digitized atJenštejn

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Location as subject
Aix-en-Provence
Marseille
Paris
Person as subject
Firkušný, Rudolf
Fournier, Pierre
Martinů, Charlotte
Mucha, Jiří
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