General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Send date16.01.1947
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 1947-01-16
Content and physical description
ContentBM accepts the proposal regarding the symphony [premiere of the 5th Symphony by the Czech Philharmonic planned for the 1947 Prague Spring Festival] and asks for details of performance and operating material; BM will send the score. Asks about the planned premiere date because of the possibility of a second performance in the USA with the Philadelphia Orchestra next season. Asks about the possibility of making copies using transparency paper, if this technique is used in the CSR, and describes the advantages of this method for reproducing copies. If he produces the symphony's operating material this way, he would like to have a copy sent for himself. He will need to stock up on transparency paper for his return to Czechoslovakia. It would be a good idea to make a recording of this piece. He asks about the possibility of saving the money for this piece at home so he can pick it up later. Inquires about the outcome of the negotiations with Mischa Elman. Charles Munch heard a performance of CONCERTA GROSSA with Sergei Koussevitsky and wants to perform it in Prague, so he will need two good pianists. BM has heard about a concert by Josef Palenichek in Moscow where he played his compositions and asks for details. He would like to be present for the performance of the DOUBLE CONCERT in Prague. This is his favourite composition. His health is still not well. ChMu has had great success in America, having conducted in Boston. But he said he has not yet been paid [by the Czech Philharmonic]. Why won't Václav Talich come to the USA? Vilím is to return a photograph of BM lent to him by Charlotte Martinů, it is the first photo ChM gave in Paris.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
Fixationtypewriting and handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Date of digitisation2019

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Location as subject
Boston, Massachusetts
Moscow
New York, NY
Paris
Prague
Person as subject
Elman, Mischa
Kusevickij, Sergej Aleksandrovič
Löwenbach, Jan
Martinů, Charlotte
Munch, Charles
Páleníček, Josef
Šebánek, Karel
Talich, Václav
Vilím,
Corporation as subject
Česká filharmonie
Melantrich
Philadelphia Orchestra
Pražské jaro
Composition as subject
Concerto Grosso, H 263
Double Concerto, H 271
Symphony No. 5 [auth.], H 310
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