General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderSprague-Coolidge, Elisabeth
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationOakland, California
Send date13.07.1932
RecipientMartinů, Bohuslav
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationPolička
Note on Recipient‘s locationNa Svépomoci 182
LanguageEnglish
Acquiredcopy from Library of Congress, box 68
Owner of the sourceLibrary of Congress
Owner‘s call number68/16
Call number at IBMSpr 1932-07-13
Content and physical description
ContentElizabeth Sprague-Coolidge, in response to Bohuslav Martinů's letter [19 June], is concerned that BM has not received her last letter [also 19 June], and thus essentially repeats her letter: she cannot, due to the financial crisis, commission a composition from BM [CONCERTO GROSSO] and cannot influence the work of the jury in the Coolidge Prize competition, where the evaluated manuscripts are strictly anonymous [SMITH SEXTET]. He also believes that BM's chances of winning are high given the quality of his work, even without her input. The ESC apologizes for responding negatively to BM's requests for help and explains that it is currently forced to act in this way in many ways.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypescript transcription of the letter made at Library of Congress
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour

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Location as subject
Paris
Corporation as subject
Library of Congress
Mills College
Composition as subject
Concerto Grosso, H 263
String Sextet, H 224
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