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General information

Type of the document	Letter
Sender
Sender (corporation)	Schott Music GmbH & Co.
Sender‘s location	Mainz
Send date	06.11.1958
Recipient	Martinů, Bohuslav
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s location	Nice
Language	English
Language 2	German
Acquired	copy from NBM archive (folder Schott), 2011; copy of the carbon copy of the letter from Schott archive, 10/2017
Owner of the source	Nadace Bohuslava Martinů
Call number at IBM	SM 1958-11-06

Content and physical description

Content	Schott is sorry for not being able to publish the PARABLES by the end of November. They regret the misunderstanding, yet they did not know that it is necessary to publish the parts by the time the work is scheduled to be performed in the USA [premiere: 13 March 1959]. Bohuslav Martinů wrote that, if need be, Charles Munch can conduct from a copy of the autograph and that he only needs the parts available for the summer season. What’s more, the production has been delayed owing to the necessity to resolve the issue of the title and the marking of the movements. They will send a more detailed explanation in the next letter. They are sending the score back to Paul Sacher’s address. They have made a copy of the score for possible production of the materials. If necessary, they can provide this copy to BM and PS. If the premiere in Boston is postponed, BM should inform them about it – they will produce the material within four weeks.
Total number of leaves	1
Number of pages bearing text	1
Note	B. Schott´s Söhne, Mainz letterhead; a sign T/P/te; IBM Library holds also carbon copy of the letter in German and English
Fixation	typescript, handwritten signature (illegible)

Letter

Preview only available at the Institute.

Digitisation

Quality of digitisation	Not professional black-and-white
Digitized at	Schott
Date of digitisation	2017

Location as subject

Basel

Boston, Massachusetts

Schönenberg - Pratteln

USA

Person as subject

Munch, Charles

Sacher, Paul

Composition as subject

The Parables [auth.], H 367