General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationRome
Send date15.07.1957
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 11 742
Former call number at IBM80/35
Call number at IBMJež 1957-07-15
Content and physical description
ContentFrank is going to Europe; BM asks FJ if she can take care of the music paper issue; he has received a commission from Switzerland; a pianist who played in Rome invited BM and CH. to Switzerland in the mountains; doesn't know how it will be to return to the U.S.; he has a premiere in Basel in January [Epic of Gilgamesh]; his opera [Greek Passion] will be performed in London; mentions Frank in connection with Prague and some Russians; has little news from home; may see Frank in Switzerland; has trouble with his hand; no one writes from Prague either; urges FJ to go somewhere for the holidays; looks forward to running out of Gardner.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Notethe envelope attached
Fixationtypewriting, handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional
Digitized atČMH
Date of digitisation2022

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Location as subject
Basel
Polička
Prague
Switzerland
USA
Person as subject
Rybka, Frank
Composition as subject
The Epic of Gilgamesh [auth.], H 351
The Greek Passion, 1st version, H 372 I
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