General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationParis
Send date28.03.1933
RecipientKunc, Jan
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationBrno
LanguageCzech
Acquireddigitized from Moravian Museum Brno
Owner of the sourceMoravské zemské muzeum, Brno
Call number at IBMKunJ 1933-03-28
Content and physical description
ContentBM reports that he was away from Paris for the whole of February and March and comments on the casting of Rond [H.200], which he believes to be a solo. He thanks BM for his congratulations on winning the prize [Elisabeth Sprague-Coolidge Prize, which BM won for his String Sextet] and enquires about the details of the Smetana Jubilee Foundation Prize for 1933, and the possibility of his receiving it. He intends to enter his ballet The Chalice and comments on its content, which, despite being 'popular', BM feels meets the requirements for the Smetana Prize with its serious moments such as the section on The Wedding Shirt and The Legend of St Dorothy. If Josef Suk had entered his composition Epilogue in the competition, it would not have competed. The score of the Spalice is at the National Theatre in Prague, where it is scheduled to be performed later this year. BM asks if this ballet could be performed in Brno.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
Noteenvelope attached
Fixationhandwriting
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional
Digitized atMZM Brno
Date of digitisation2014

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Person as subject
Sprague-Coolidge, Elisabeth
Suk, Josef st.
Corporation as subject
Jubilejní nadace Bedřicha Smetany
Národní divadlo Brno
Národní divadlo v Praze
Composition as subject
Les Rondes, H 200
The Chap-Book, 1st version, H 214 I
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