General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationParis
Send date25.10.1938
RecipientŠourek, Otakar
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationPrague
LanguageCzech
AcquiredNational Museum - Czech Museum of Music - Antonín Dvořák Museum
Owner of the sourceMuzeum Antonína Dvořáka, České muzeum hudby - Národní muzeum
Owner‘s call numberč. př. 88/98
Former call number at IBM0/
Call number at IBMŠou 1938-10-25
Content and physical description
ContentHe asks for intervention in the matter of obtaining a French scholarship for Vítězslava Kaprálová, who has not received a scholarship despite a first-class recommendation; she is "one of the best talents we have"; he is trying to prepare a position for her in Paris; he asks for help on her behalf to see if it is still possible to obtain a scholarship; he himself will visit "Mrs. Denis and other influential persons"; he recommends Kaprálová to apply to the Denis Fund, in the report of Mr. Šípa and S. Havránek and asks for intervention with "these gentlemen"; he also asks for help from Talich; thanks in advance for the help; "a great and difficult task awaits us musicians so we must help with all our strength those who are just entering the struggle".
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
Fixationhandwriting
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
Digitized atIBM
Date of digitisation2023

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Location as subject
Paris
Prague
Person as subject
Denis,
Havránek,
Kaprálová, Vítězslava
Šíp, Ladislav, st.
Corporation as subject
Denisův Fond
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