General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderSzell, George
Sender (corporation)Cleveland Orchestra
Sender‘s locationCleveland, Ohio
Send date28.03.1957
RecipientMartinů, Bohuslav
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationRome
LanguageEnglish
AcquiredCBM, 2005
Owner‘s call numberPBM Kd 382
Call number at IBMCO 1957-03-28
Content and physical description
ContentSzell thanks for the letter and attachments. FRESKY PIERA DELLA FRANCESCA are doing well, they are touring with the Cleveland Orch. and will also be at the Prague Spring Festival in May. In FRESKI the coda could be more effective. Could Martinů focus on the final movement in the next piece [SKÁLA]? Szell thanks for the offer of a dedication of [SKÁLA] and suggests the wording, "To George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra" and mention of the Cleveland Orch commission. As for the program of the piece, Szell thinks it is good, but the music is what is important, not the program.
They [SKALY] can't bring the material from Prague because they are already short of space. Moreover, he doubts that the material will be ready on 25 May when Martinů has not even finished the composition. He would like at least two, more likely three, scores by 1 July, and the material by 15 September.
Total number of leaves2
Number of pages bearing text2
FixationTypewriting, handwritten signature (Szell)
AttachmentsEnvelope enclosed.
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional
Digitized atBohuslav Martinů Center

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Location as subject
Cleveland, Ohio
New York, NY
Prague
Person as subject
Martinů, Charlotte
Corporation as subject
Pražské jaro
Composition as subject
The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca, H 352
The Rock [auth.], H 363
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