| Content | Bohuslav Martinů is sending some scores and will send more when he agrees with AMP. He is also sending a copy of an American play about Lidice [Shoemaker's House by Ronald Mitchell]. Karel Šebánek is to make arrangements with the manager [Edmond] Pauker. As BM is no longer with Boosey & Hawkes, he does not know what the new contract with them will be. It would be good for symphonic stuff, but for stage works? RAPSODY - CONCERT FOR VIOLA AND ORCHESTRA (RHAPSODY CONCERTO) is not yet available. BM would like to do material for EPOS ON GILGAMES in Prague. The bouquet was confiscated at customs - flowers and fruit are forbidden to send. BM still thanks, when he gets it, only the stems will remain. What's up with the release of OPENING STUDIES? Speeches by both Otakar Šourek and Miroslav Barvík received and thanked. Liza Fuchs asked for a CONCERTINO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA. How did SYMPHONY No.6 turn out and how was it played? He would like to publish something at home, perhaps THE MOUNTAIN OF THREE LIGHTS, but it is religious. He will send chamber things soon, including the SONATA [No. 3 for violin and piano] for Karel Novák. Greetings to Alain Diviš, Miloslav Bureš and Jan Novák. BM would like to put the date of the premiere in Polička, 7.1.1956, on the cover of the OPENING STUDIES. KS is to find out if they can already get money outside of the Czechoslovakia. |
| Diplomatic transcription of the letter | Obálka [NEW YORK,N.Y.17 1956/FEB 12/1-AM]
Febr. 11. 56.
Mily Karle :
Posilam ti soucasne nejake partitury a poslu ti vice jen co se dohovorim s Associated publishers ted se prave s nimi hadam. Tez ti posilam copii jedne hry o Lidicich,kterou mi poslal jeden American a myslim ze je to dobra vec,mozna ze by se s ni u nas neco dalo delat ovsem byste museli vyjednavat bud s nim a nebo ss tim Managerem Paukerem, aby to pak nespadlo na mne. Myslim ze by to stalo za preklad. Neztrat to.[1]Uz nejsem vice s Boosey & Hawkes tak nevim jaky vliv to bude miti na tu smlouvu s nimi,ktera se snad po nekolika 10letech ma uskutecnit.[2]Mam dojem ze pro symfonicke veci by to bylo dobre ale mam pochybnosti pro jevistni dila,kde B.H. by vlastne jen udelal balik a poslal divadlu a pak by se delili s Prahou o moje prachy,jak ty se na to divas?[3]
Ten koncert pro violu neni dosud volny.[4] Co se tyce Gilgamesh byl bych rad kdyby material mohl byti udelan v Praze,napis mi o moznostech.[5]
Kytice nedosla a lezi na celnici,myslim, dostal jsem dotazy a pochybuji ze ji dostanu,kvetiny a ovoce je sem zakazano posilat,proc nevim. Co vas to napadlo?[6] Dekuji vam stejne a snad ji na konec poslou ale to uz zustanou jenom stonky. Co se deje se Studankami,byl takovy spech na vydani a ted je ticho.S kym vlastne ted budu delat smlouvu, s Orbisem?[7]Proslovy jsem dostal,moc pekne, pozdrav oba Sourka i Barvika,napisu jim az budu miti trochu casu,zde je to blazinec.[8]Jak vidim prece jenom fedrujes to Concertino,zase mi o ne psala Fuchsova z Londyna.[9] Napis mi jak dopadly ty Fantasie a jak je hrali.[10]napis mi tez jaka je situace u nas, nektere veci bych chtel vydat doma ale jak vis ze tam mam pratele ve Svazu a nevim mamli vubec neco zacit. Eventuelne to oratorio horu tri svetel,jen ze to je nabozenske a tak nevim jak se na to divate.[11] Napis zdali dosly partitury a ty komorni veci ti poslu brzo,mezi nimi i housl. sonatu pro Karla Novaka.[12]Pozdrav Divise a Bureses a jana Novaka.Poslu vam kafe.[13]Tak to by bylo asi vse. jeste rekni zodpovednym lidem ze bych chtel na titulni strance Studanek ze premiera byla v Poliicce 7.ledna 1956.je to spravne datum?,[14] Moc te zdravim a napis brzo. nazdar.
Martinů
Vyčmuchej zdali už je větší možnost dostat prachy ven .[15] Mohl bych v tom případě udělat s Prahou smlouvu jako jsem měl s B . H . ? ?[16]
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