General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderVötterle, Karl
Sender (corporation)Bärenreiter, Kassel
Sender‘s locationKassel
Send date03.12.1958
RecipientStrnad, Vojtěch
Recipient (corporation)Dilia – Divadelní a literární agentura
Recipient‘s locationPrague
LanguageGerman
Acquiredcopy from the archive of Dilia, 2016
Owner of the sourceDilia – Divadelní a literární agentura
Call number at IBMBär 1958-12-03
Content and physical description
ContentThe writer has just learned from Fritz Oeser that the interests of Bärenreiter and Alkor-Edition intersect. Paul Sacher had decided some time ago to bring Bohuslav Martinů into contact with Bärenreiter. Last week in Basel, PS unexpectedly handed over a number of the composer's instrumental works and the opera MIRANDOLINA to the writer at the request of BM (who now has to undergo surgery). FO remembered that Vojtěch Strnad had mentioned the opera in connection with JULIETTA. It is a charming piece in the style of [Verdi's] Falstaff, light, singable and interestingly instrumented; no wonder Schott was interested in it. However, Schott has let the composer down on other matters, so BM is pleased at the prospect of working with Bärenreiter.
Dilia, Alkor and Bärenreiter thus found themselves in an unexpected situation, all expressing an interest in owning the opera. The writer now knows of Dilia's interest and is willing to work with her to enable her to stage a performance in the CSR without foreign exchange costs. The condition is, of course, the composer's consent.
The writer asks VS to propose a solution so that he can incorporate it into the contract and forward it to Sacher. BM has apparently been with VS for a year and has entrusted all legal negotiations to him.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Noteletterhead Bärenreiter Verlag, Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
Fixationtypescript, handwritten signature
Markingsin an unidentified hand
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atDilia
Date of digitisation2016

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Location as subject
Basel
Czechoslovakia
Mainz
Person as subject
Goldoni, Carlo
Martinů, Bohuslav
Oeser, Fritz
Sacher, Paul
Corporation as subject
Alkor-Edition
Schott Music GmbH & Co.
Composition as subject
Juliette (The Key to Dreams), H 253
Mirandolina, H 346
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