General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Note on Sender‘s location[New York]
Send date28.12.1946
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 1946-12-28
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů has received the letter of 15th [December 1946] and the telegram, but he is waiting for a letter about the 5th SYMPHONY. If they already have the programme for [Prague Spring] ready, he won't mind if they don't include it. However, he wanted to dedicate the symphony to them and arrange for its first performance. Charles Munch also asked him for a new composition. BM had heard that they were negotiating with Mischa Elman, but he would be expensive. Vladimir Clementis helped him a lot. They don't have to worry about expenses for his arrival. However, he does not feel fully recovered yet and is waiting for confirmation from the doctor that he can make the trip. If the 5th SYMPHONY cannot be performed in Prague, Karel Novak is to give a report so that BM can have it performed in [USA]. KN is also to give BM's regards to Rafael Kubelík, Václav Talich and the Czech Philharmonic. Writing is still causing BM problems.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypewriting, handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Date of digitisation2019

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Location as subject
New York, NY
Prague
Person as subject
Clementis, Vladimír
Elman, Mischa
Kubelík, Rafael
Munch, Charles
Talich, Václav
Corporation as subject
Česká filharmonie
Pražské jaro
Composition as subject
Symphony No. 5 [auth.], H 310
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