General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderStrnad, Vojtěch
Sender (corporation)Dilia – Divadelní a literární agentura
Sender‘s locationPrague
Note on Sender‘s location[Prague]
Send date07.09.1954
RecipientMartinů, Bohuslav
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationNew York, NY
LanguageCzech
Acquiredcopy from the archive of Dilia, 2016
Owner of the sourceDilia – Divadelní a literární agentura
Call number at IBMDLA 1954-09-07
Content and physical description
ContentErnst Roth must have already informed Bohuslav Martinů of the Zurich negotiations between Boosey & Hawkes and Aria concerning the representation of his concert works. The writer gives basic information about Aria.
Dilia asks BM for material on JULIET. This has been sent to him from the National Theatre and BM writes to Dilia on 15 July 1954 that he has it in New York. Dilia needs it as a template for the material they have to send to B&H. BM could have the score insured and sent by air too.
According to Karel Šebánek of Melantrich, the composer's family has the only authentic score of ŠPALÍČK. KS pointed out that the work has been revised and shortened and that the score at the State Theatre in Brno is not up to date. Dilia asks BM to comment, there is interest in ŠPALÍČEK in Czech theatres and it is necessary to acquire material quickly.
Surely there will be an agreement with B&H soon. They need material there to start promoting both SPALÍČEK and JULIETTA (which they are asking Dilia for in particular).
Total number of leaves2
Number of pages bearing text2
Fixationtypescript, handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atDilia
Date of digitisation2016

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Location as subject
Czechoslovakia
Zürich
Person as subject
Roth, Ernst
Šebánek, Karel
Corporation as subject
Artia, Praha
Boosey & Hawkes
Melantrich
Národní divadlo Brno
Národní divadlo v Praze
Composition as subject
Juliette (The Key to Dreams), H 253
The Chap-Book, 1st version, H 214 I
The Chap-Book, 2nd version, H 214 II
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