General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderSchlee, Alfred
Sender (corporation)Universal Edition
Sender‘s locationVienna
Send date06.03.1957
RecipientMartinů, Bohuslav
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationRome
Note on Recipient‘s locationfor American Academy to hand over to Martinů
LanguageEnglish
AcquiredCopy from B. Martinů Foundation
Owner of the sourceNadace Bohuslava Martinů
Call number at IBMUE 1957-03-06
Content and physical description
ContentMax Tau demands that the reproduction and stage performance rights remain with the composer and lyricist [Bohuslav Martinů and Nikos Kazantzakis]. It is common in the world for the editor to have these rights, but in France, where NK lives, S.A.C.D. has these rights. They have to make a special contract for this. Universal Edition cannot publish the work [GREEK PASSION] until it holds these rights.
Rafael Kubelík has the complete score and has promised to make a final decision by the end of May. He said he would like to make the premiere in the summer of 1958, but it depends on his financial possibilities.
They can still give the work to Herbert Karajan in Salzburg, although, unlike Kubelík, he does not show much interest in the work.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
NoteUniversal Editon, Vienna letterhead
Fixationtypescript, handwritten signature (Schlee)
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour

Preview only available at the Institute.

Location as subject
France
Salzburg
Person as subject
Karajan, Herbert
Kazantzakis, Nikos
Kubelík, Rafael
Tau, Max
Corporation as subject
Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques
Composition as subject
The Greek Passion, 1st version, H 372 I
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