General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationParis
Send date18.03.1926
Send date notedate on the letter 18.6.1926 - emended to 18.3. according to the content of the letter and with regard to the note written by O. Hollmann at the end of the letter that he received the letter on 20.3.
RecipientHollmann, Otakar
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationPrague
LanguageCzech
Acquiredcopy from Czech Museum of Music, Prague, 2014
Owner of the sourceČeské muzeum hudby
Owner‘s call number6995g
Call number at IBMHolO 1926-03-18
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů was busy with urgent work, but he is working on a composition for Otakar Hollmann [DIVERTIMENTO]. He is grateful for the sheet music sent to him and is glad that he and OH share the same opinion on the conception of this composition. BM envisages it in a chamber style, with the piano part dominating, although it is not an equilibristic pageant and the piano does not stand out from the chamber ensemble. It will be a sort of Divertimento or Mouvement with 2 oboes, clarinet, 2 bassoons, horn, 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and double bass. The scoring determines the style of the whole thing, which is conceived as an intimate concerto. The orchestra is easy to play. BM will be pleased to see OH enriching his repertoire with a piece of serious thought which is probably lacking in this style in all the piano literature. Hopefully he will be finished with the work by April 15 and send it to Prague.
Total number of leaves2
Number of pages bearing text4
Fixationhandwriting
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional
Digitized atČMH

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Location as subject
Prague
Composition as subject
Divertimento (Concertino), H 173
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