General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Send date06.12.1946
RecipientNovák, Karel
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationPrague
Note on Recipient‘s location[Prague]
LanguageCzech
AcquiredBought from Eva Charvátová (K. Novák´s daughter), deposited at Martinů Centre in Polička (call no. D68/2010 č.S019)
Owner of the sourceNadace Bohuslava Martinů
Call number at IBMNovK 1946-12-06
Content and physical description
ContentCharlotte Martinů has already returned and talked about the success of Karel Novák in Paris [the Czech Philharmonic tour] and the health of Rafael Kubelík. He wants to give the Czech Philharmonic the premiere of his 5th Symphony for performance at the Prague Spring Festival. Originally he intended to write a new piano concerto for them and Rudolf Firkušný, but due to his convalescence after an accident he had to postpone it. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs [of the Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry?] has suspended BM's financial support [according to BM, a "minuscule" amount, intended monthly for emigrants from the Czechoslovak Republic in the USA] and BM needs to pay doctors and cannot compose much. Therefore he demands a financial reward for the premiere. If he and BM can come to an agreement, he suggests, because of his busy schedule, that they make copies of the operating material themselves using transparency paper and copies of it. The appointment [as professor of composition at the Prague Conservatory] has come, but since Jaroslav Řídký and František Pícha have also received it, BM does not feel too honoured. Now he cannot travel because of an injury. Václav Holzknecht is to write with details of a place at the Conservatoire. Jan Löwenbach is to arrange for a letter regarding BM to be sent from the Authors' Association (OSA) to ASCAP.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypewriting
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Date of digitisation2019

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Location as subject
New York, NY
Paris
Prague
Person as subject
Firkušný, Rudolf
Holzknecht, Václav
Kubelík, Rafael
Löwenbach, Jan
Martinů, Charlotte
Pícha, František
Řídký, Jaroslav
Corporation as subject
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí ČSR
Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním
Pražská konzervatoř
Pražské jaro
Composition as subject
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3, H 316
Symphony No. 5 [auth.], H 310
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