General information
Type of the document Letter, List of Works
SenderSmith, Gertrude
Sender (corporation)Boosey & Hawkes, New York
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Note on Sender‘s location[New York]
Send date08.08.1956
RecipientMartinů, Bohuslav
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationSwitzerland
LanguageEnglish
AcquiredCopy of attached lists from Martinů Foundation
Owner of the sourceNadace Bohuslava Martinů
Call number at IBMBH 1956-08-08
Content and physical description
ContentGertrude Smith is sending Bohuslav Martinů a list of the personal materials he has left at Boosey & Hawkes. At the same time, she informs BM that she has found his SERENADE FOR TWO CLARINETS, VIOLIN, VIOLA AND CELLO, which he required in his letter dated 26 June [1956] and which she is sending to him. GS has visited the Ellenville Music Festival.
Total number of leaves3
Number of pages bearing text3
NoteEvidently a carbon-copy of sended letter ("COPY" under the text)
FixationTypescript, handwritten inscription
Markings'SERENADE' underlined
AttachmentsA list of personal materials saved in Boosey & Hawkes and marked as "Mr. Martinu's Personal Property | (being held in separate box in Ocenaside office)" and a list marked as "Taken Out List | The following were taken from Mr. Martinu's 'Personal Box'", both with the date 8.8.1956, were attached to this letter.
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
Note on digitisationOnly the appendix digitalized
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Location as subject
Bonn
London
Person as subject
Martinů, Charlotte
Martinů, Bohuslav
Rabinof, Benno
Corporation as subject
Boosey & Hawkes
Ellenville Music Festival
Composition as subject
What Men Live by [auth.], H 336
Alexander Bis, H 255
The Plays of Mary, H 236
Juliette (The Key to Dreams), H 253
Piano Trio No. 3, H 332
Concerto for Harpsichord and Small Orchestra, H 246
Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra [auth.], H 342
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3, H 316
Bouquet of Flowers, H 260
Mariken of Nimègue, H 236/2 I
Memorial to Lidice [auth.], H 296
Stowe Pastorals [auth.], H 335
Field Mass, H 279
Rhapsody-Concerto [auth.], H 337
Serenade [auth.], H 334
Sinfonietta La Jolla [auth.], H 328
String Quartet No. 6, H 312
String Quartet No. 7 (Concerto da camera), H 314
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano No. 3, H 340
Symphony No. 2, H 295
Symphony No. 3 [auth.], H 299
Symphony No. 4 [auth.], H 305
Toccata e due canzoni, H 311
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