General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Note on Sender‘s location24 West 58th St. N.Y.
Send date07.11.1944
RecipientKusevickij, Sergej Aleksandrovič
Recipient (corporation)Boston Symphony Orchestra
Recipient‘s locationBoston, Massachusetts
Note on Recipient‘s location[Boston, Massachusetts?]
LanguageFrench
Acquiredcopy from The Library of Congress; Serge Koussevitzky Archive; 2016
Owner of the sourceLibrary of Congress
Owner‘s call numberML 31.K66
Call number at IBMBSO 1944-11-07
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martnů rejoices at the successful performance of the CONCERT FOR TWO PIANOS AND ORCHESTRA, which pianist Pierre Luboshutz told him about. He also announces that his friend Rudolf Firkušný will give a recital in Boston on 8 December 1944, where he will play his work FANTASY AND RONDO [later renamed FANTASY AND TOKATA]. BM would be very happy if RF could play this work with Sergei Koussevitzky.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
Fixationhandwriting
Markingsadress "24 West 58 Str N.Y. 19 N.Y."
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
Digitized atLibrary of Congress; Washington, D.C.
Date of digitisation2015

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Location as subject
Boston, Massachusetts
Marseille
New York, NY
Person as subject
Firkušný, Rudolf
Kusevickij, Olga
Luboshutz, Pierre
Composition as subject
Fantasy and Toccata, H 281
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, H 292
Symphony No. 3 [auth.], H 299
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