General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderAndrewes, John
Sender (corporation)Boosey & Hawkes
Note on Sender‘s location[?]
Send date07.01.1972
RecipientLarge, Brian
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationLondon
LanguageEnglish
Acquiredcopy from Boosey & Hawkes, 2011 (from Sharon Choa)
Owner of the sourceBoosey & Hawkes
Call number at IBMBH 1972-01-07
Content and physical description
ContentJohn Andrews clarifies the matter called SYMPHONIC FANTASIES. Around 1953 Bohuslav Martinů sent the score of SYMPHONY No.6 to Boosey & Hawkes, shortly after which he informed them that he had dropped the designation SYMPHONY No.6 and was calling the piece SYMPHONIC FANTASIES. BM went on to say that he had a special relationship with a section of music from JULIETTE, and since he would probably never see that opera again, he had originally intended FANTASY as a symphony, but FANTASY was not a piece in that category. Of course, the label "opera suite" cannot be used either.
Later JA requested the text from BM for the program; he sent it to him with a request for proofreading before it was sent to the Boston Symphony Orchestra. JA enclosed the text with his letter in two versions - BM's original text with errors and JA's typescript, corrected copy.
Total number of leaves1+1
Number of pages bearing text1+1
Notea carbon copy of sended letter
Fixationtypescript
Attachmentsa typed transcription of Martinů's text on FANTAISIES SYMPHONIQUES attached; the Martinů original is missing
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional
Digitized atBoosey & Hawkes

Preview only available at the Institute.

Person as subject
Adams, David S.
Martinů, Bohuslav
Corporation as subject
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Composition as subject
Juliette (The Key to Dreams), H 253
Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies Symphoniques), H 343
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