General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderAnčerl, Karel
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationPrague
Send date15.04.1959
RecipientMartinů, Bohuslav
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageCzech
AcquiredCBM, 2005
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Owner‘s call numberPBM Kd 004
Former call number at IBM30/A/76
Call number at IBMAnč 1959-04-15
Content and physical description
Content"Frescoes" was staged by orch. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra with enthusiasm. Ančerl asked Gramofonové závody to prepare one magn. tape with the recording (of Fresky) for BM, but they were not allowed to do so and said they would send BM "a folio before the record comes out" so that BM could check it. To this day, Gramophone Works has not released either the Bouquet or the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, which Ančerl recorded long ago. Ančerl no longer knows how to deal with them. "Frescoes" was also recorded for stereo discs.
Ančerl heard from Karel Šebánek that BM was not doing well health-wise. He hopes that the stay in Nice will help BM.
Ančerl was not able to invite Charles Rosen to Czechoslovakia, all invitations to foreign artists go through the State Music Agency. Ančerl could not invite him to the Czech Philharmonic until the 1961-62 season.
Next season (1959-60) the Czech Philharmonic's big tour: Edinburgh, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, India, Japan and China - they will play the Fourth Symphony several times from BM works. In the spring [1960] further tours of Europe, the Prague season of the ČF therefore depleted. Ančerl originally wanted to give "Lidice" and Symphony No. 1 in Prague next season [1959/60], but now he will wait for "Parabolas" and "Estampes".
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
Fixationhandwriting
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional
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Location as subject
Nice
Person as subject
Rosen, Charles
Šebánek, Karel
Corporation as subject
Česká filharmonie
Gramofonové závody, n.p.
Státní hudební agentura
Composition as subject
The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca, H 352
Bouquet of Flowers, H 260
Memorial to Lidice [auth.], H 296
The Parables [auth.], H 367
Estampes [auth.], H 369
Symphony No. 1 [auth.], H 289
Symphony No. 4 [auth.], H 305
Symphony No. 5 [auth.], H 310
Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies Symphoniques), H 343
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