| Content | Bohuslav Martinů immediately replies to Bureš's letter. Karel Šebának called BM from Paris to say that he would not be coming, but said that he and Miloslav Bureš would come to the Festival in Cannes. BM sent Bureš another copy of Mikes [MIKEŠ Z HOR] to his sister in Polička. KS promised to bring something from his sister, but did not mention it. So perhaps Bures could take it, it's a present for Charlotte Martinů. BM would be happy to bring the discs in two copies: the POLISH MUSES, TRE RICERCARI, KYTICI and OPENING THE STUDENTS on long discs. He needs them badly and will pay for them in francs. From Prague Atrium write that they are sending him three discs. He hopes they will stay at Schoenberg. MB is to bring back what is released, including the recordings of ROMANCE FROM THE PAMPEL and LEGENDS FROM THE SMOKE OF THE BAMBORA NATI. He'll pay him whatever Bures wants. BM doesn't know who Panton is, and he hasn't received any contract from them. He agrees to publish ROMANCE, LEGEND, or the whole cycle, but he can give final approval when he sees the contract. Is Panton the former State Publishing House? What happened to Melantrich? BM wants to publish the cycle here, but has had bad experiences with Prague. Bures should ask how they want to handle the royalty shipment. BM has to recover the records through friends, e.g. Miloš Šafránek. So far he has only the first edition of STUDÁNEK and HOUSL's SONATA [SONATA No. 3]. Bures should pay more attention to the film; if he comes, BM will tell him what is "very troublesome" for our film. What happened to the State Publishing House? |
| Diplomatic transcription of the letter | [Nice] Avril 16. 59.
Mily Buresi:
Vas dopis dosel a odpovidam hned. Karel volal z Parize ale neprijede[1] rikal ze snad prijedete oba na Festival v Cannes: to jest v kvetnu. Tak doufam ze se vam to podari a radivas uvidime.[2]
Poslal jsem vam jeste jednu kopii Mikse abyste mel vice materialu poslal jsem to sestre do Policky, doufam ze se tam jeste pred odjezdem podivate, tak si ji vyzvednete.[3] Karel mi slibil ze mi neco priveze od sestry ale o nicem se nezminil. Snad byste to mohl vzit sebou, je to malickost, darek pro Charlotte. Take bych byl rad kbybyste mi mohl privest nejake disky, kdyz pojedete s vypravou snad by to delalo mene obtizi; chtel bych Polni Msi, Ricercari, a hlavne Kytici a take Studanky na dlouhych diskach[4], vse po dvou exemplarich, potrebuji velmi nutne. Nezadejte to jako dar nybrz je kupte a ja vam zde zaplatim ve francich coz vam bude mozna vitano; Z Prahy Artia pisi ze mi posilaji tri disky ale ktere nevim a doufam ze zustanou na Schonenbergu az se vratim, ale mimo nich potrebuji i dalsi kopie, tak privezte co je vydano a ovsem i nahravky Romance i Legendy[5]; Kupte co je vydano ve dvou exemplarich vyrovname se zde a nebo v Praze, jak budete chtit. A od sestry tu malickost take. Myslim ze vas prijede vice a tak vam bude mozno ty veci privezt, dekuji vam;
Co se Pantom [Panton] tyce, (nevim kdo to je) zadnou smlouvu jsem od nich nedostal a ovsem souhlasim s vydanim Romance, Legendy a pripadne celeho cyklu ale to ovsem zalezi jakou smlouvu mi nabidnou, nemihu samozrejme dati definitivni souhlas dokud nevidim smlouvu, chapete?[6] Je ten Pantom Statni Naklad, byvale?[7] Co se stalo s Melantrichem?[8] Jak vite ze bych chtel v principu aby cyklus byl vydan u nas, ale mam dosti smutne zkusenosti v jednani s Prahou. Zeptejte se jich jak chteji resiti zasilku mych honoraru; Jak sam asi vite, ze gramofonove zavody na vydani neprodelali ale aby mi disky poslali to je ovsem nenapadlo, musim to z nich vymahat pres svoje zname, Safranek atd. Aspon Studanky na dlouhych diskach jsem dosud nedostal a dosud mam jen to prvni vydani studanek a houslovou Sonatu[9]. Myslim ze byste se mel venovati vice filmu, mate dobre napady a prijedetel reknu vam co nasemu filmu (a i basnim, ne vasim) hodne vadi.
Co se stalo s drivejsim Statnim Nakl; jez vydalo Studanky[10]?
Doufam ze vas uvidim a tesim se; Srdecne vas
B. Martinů
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