General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderKorte, Oldřich
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationLetovy
Send date03.05.1958
RecipientŠafránek, Miloš
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationPrague
LanguageCzech
Acquiredcopy from National Museum - Czech Museum of Music
Owner of the sourceČeské muzeum hudby
Call number at IBMKorO 1958-05-03
Content and physical description
ContentOldřich Korte describes his relationship to BM and the circumstances of the letter he sent to BM with an analysis of his creative process. He describes BM's reaction to this letter and reflects on the attitudes of contemporary musicologists towards BM's compositions (Antonín Sychra, Boleslav Vomáčka, František Hrabal, Paul Collaer) and their misunderstanding of BM's work. He regularly follows world music events in OK via radio.
Total number of leaves2
Number of pages bearing text4
Fixationtypescript and handwritten signature
Markingshandwritten notes "copy LXXXIX"; and "not to be in your´s way, for God's sake!"
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atCzech Museum of Music
Date of digitisation2014

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Location as subject
Rome
Person as subject
Collaer, Paul
Hrabal, František
Janáček, Leoš
Martinů, Bohuslav
Munch, Charles
Novák, Karel
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Suk, Josef st.
Sychra, Antonín
Vomáčka, Boleslav
Corporation as subject
Boston Symphony Orchestra
NBC Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
Philadelphia Orchestra
Teatro alla Scala
Composition as subject
The Epic of Gilgamesh [auth.], H 351
Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies Symphoniques), H 343
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