General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderSchlee, Alfred
Sender (corporation)Universal Edition
Sender‘s locationVienna
Send date22.03.1957
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 1957-03-22a
Content and physical description
ContentAlfred Schlee has some questions about EPOS OF GILGAMES:
Since a bilingual title would not look good in a printed piano lift, Alfred Schlee suggests using only "Gilgamesh" for the binding title. The inner title page would already contain the full title in both English and German.
Bohuslav Martinů lists soprano, tenor, baritone and bass as soloists, but there is an episode for the contralto; shouldn't he also be listed among the solos? Or should the subtitle state 'for solo, chorus and orchestra' and list the soloists only in the instrumentation?
Universal Edition, Vienna will send BM a piano extract in a few days. Since they want to release it before the premiere, BM should go through it as quickly and as thoroughly as possible. He is also to give the exact duration, as he has crossed out the original information from the score.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
NoteUniversal Edition, Vienna letterhead
Fixationtypescript, handwritten signature (Schlee)
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour

Preview only available at the Institute.

Person as subject
Sacher, Paul
Composition as subject
The Epic of Gilgamesh [auth.], H 351
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