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Type of the document Letter
SenderSacher, Paul
Sender (corporation)
Send date19.04.1956
RecipientSchlee, Alfred
Recipient (corporation)Universal Edition
Recipient‘s locationVienna
Note on Recipient‘s location[Vídeň]
LanguageGerman
Acquiredthe original letter is in Paul Sacher Stiftung
Owner of the sourcePaul Sacher Stiftung
Call number at IBMUE 1956-04-19b
Content and physical description
ContentPaul Sacher tells Alfred Schlee that he is aware that Martinů has offered his oratorio Gilgamesh to the publisher for publication. At Martinů's behest, he therefore sends his score of the work. He had intended to perform the work in the coming season, but he did not have the performance material, especially the piano lifts, so he had to cancel the planned premiere. He would have been very pleased if the oratorio had been published.
Transcription of the letter

"[...] Martinu schreibt mir, dass er Ihnen sein Oratorium ´Gilgamesch´ zum Verlag angeboten hat. Ich schicke Ihnen in seinem Auftrag meine Partitur des Werkes. Ich wollte das Stück schon im Laufe der nächsten Saison uraufführen. Da aber leider kein Material, vor allem keine Klavierauszüge vorhanden waren, musste ich die geplante Aufführung verschieben. Es wäre schön, wenn Sie das Werk in Verlag nähmen, und ich würde mich darüber sehr freuen. [...]"


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Notetranscription of only the part of the letter regarding Martinu's works
Digitisation The document is not digitized. Hard copy available in Bohuslav Martinů Institute library.
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