General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Send date28.12.1946
RecipientMerritt, Arthur Tillman
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationCambridge, Massachusetts
Note on Recipient‘s location[Cambridge, Massachusetts]
LanguageEnglish
AcquiredIsham Memorial Library, Cambridge, USA
Owner of the sourceHarvard University, Cambridge MA
Owner‘s call numberMs. Coll. 100, box 1
Former call number at IBM31/14
Call number at IBMMer 1946-12-28
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů has completed the quartet [SMITH QUARTET No. 6] and will send the score in a few days. He wants to know about the parts being written out, and also whether the parts will be written on transparent paper first, so that several copies can be made. BM would like some copies for himself, he intends to cover the cost of his copies. Thanks for the book (Merritt: Sixteen Century Polyphony).
Transcription of the letter

December 28, 1946.



 



Dear Mr. Merritt,



I finished the quartet and I will send you the score in somme days. I would like to know about the copy of parts, do you take care of it? Please, let me know about it and also if the copy of parts is made of the transparent paper first, to have the possibilities make several copys, I will need somme for myself and I would pay the expense for my copys.



I send you all my greetings and wishes for Happy New Year.



Sincerely



yours



B. Martinu



Thank you verry much for the book, it was a pleasure to read it.


Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypescript, handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
Digitized atBohuslav Martinů's Institute
Date of digitisation2017

Preview only available at the Institute.

Composition as subject
String Quartet No. 6, H 312
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