General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationRome
Send date04.12.1956
RecipientJežková, Frances
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationNew York, NY
LanguageCzech
AcquiredCzech Museum of Music, 2007
Owner of the sourceČeské muzeum hudby
Owner‘s call numberG 11 729
Former call number at IBM80/22
Call number at IBMJež 1956-12-04
Content and physical description
ContentHe is having trouble with his right hand; he has written to Franklin; he has not sent the notes to Prague, only saying that they are finished and that they are dedicated to FJ; he mentions the doctor; the political situation in the world; he urges FJ to buy a plan of Rome; he has received Holzknecht's book on Ježek from Prague; found an article about a botched performance of a piece by Ježek (Sonata) at the Festival- BM's piece (Ricercari) was also performed there, BM was not at the performance, listened to the radio broadcast; maintains written contact with Polička- letters are true. Censored; BM's sister is in hospital; about the situation in the world; wants to send FJ a poem and one copy with sheet music [to Legena about the smoke from potato plants]; listens to the radio- his compositions are played a lot; Allen Diviš died; mentions Werich, E. F. Burian and Žapot; he reads Gardner; he does not go to the Veneta, it is far away; his work on the opera is going well, but it tires him; Šafránek is still in Paris; BM wants to celebrate his birthday at home- he will have a friend there.
Total number of leaves2
Number of pages bearing text2
Notethe envelope attached
Fixationtypewriting, handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional
Digitized atČMH
Date of digitisation2022

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Location as subject
Egypt
Israel
Hungary
Paris
Polička
Prague
Rome
USA
Person as subject
Burian, Emil František
Diviš, Alén
Holzknecht, Václav
Ježek, Jaroslav
Martinů, Marie
Rybka, Frank
Šafránek, Miloš
Corporation as subject
United Nations
Composition as subject
The Legend of the Smoke from Potato Tops, H 360
Tre Ricercari, H 267
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