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Type of the document	Letter
Sender	Smith, George Henry Lowett
Sender (corporation)	Cleveland Orchestra
Sender‘s location	Cleveland, Ohio
Send date	11.05.1956
Recipient	Martinů, Bohuslav
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Recipient‘s location	Paris
Language	English
Acquired	Bohuslav Martinů Centre in Polička (2005); carbon copy: Cleveland Orchestra Archives (05/2022)
Owner of the source	Centrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Owner‘s call number	PBM Kd 381
Call number at IBM	CO 1956-05-11

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Content	This content was automatically translated from the original language. The original content is available by clicking the link below. Tento dopis potvrzuje dohodu Martinů a Cleveland Orchestra. Martinů zkomponuje skladbu [SKÁLA] pro Cleveland Orchestra, delší deseti minut, využívající plně možnosti orchestru. Paritura bude doručena do 1.7.1957, poté bude Martinů vyplacen honorář $2000. Provozovací práva budou vyhrazena Cleveland Orhcestra do května 1958, nahrávací práva do května 1959. Martinů nakladatel poskytne materiál bez dalších poplatků. Martinů má vrátit podepsanou kopii tohoto dopisu. Show AI translation This letter confirms the agreement between Martinů and the Cleveland Orchestra. Martinů will compose a piece [SKÁLA] for the Cleveland Orchestra, longer than ten minutes, making full use of the orchestra's capabilities. The score will be delivered by July 1, 1957, after which Martinů will be paid a fee of $2000. Performance rights will be reserved to the Cleveland Orchestra until May 1958, recording rights until May 1959. Martinů's publisher will provide the material at no additional charge. Martinů is to return a signed copy of this letter. Show original
Total number of leaves	1
Number of pages bearing text	1
Note	Unsigned carbon copy located in the Cleveland Orchestra Archives, no call no.
Fixation	Typewriting, handwritten signature (Smith)

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Quality of digitisation	Professional
Digitized at	Bohuslav Martinů Centre
Note on digitisation	Carbon copy: Cleveland Orchestra Archives, 05/2022

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The Rock [auth.], H 363

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