General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationParis
Note on Sender‘s location31 av du parc Montsouris, Paris 14e
Send date16.02.1940
RecipientDeutsch, Pavel
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationLausanne
LanguageCzech
Acquiredcopy obtained by Gregory Dayton, 08/2016
Owner of the source- Soukromý vlastník, Private owner
Call number at IBMDeu 1940-02-16
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů recalls his visit to Basel. He asks Pavel Deutsch whether he has read the reviews [the premiere of DVOJKONCERT was on 9 February 1940], especially those in La Suisse and Volksblatt. If nothing changes before April, the idea of Paul Sacher conducting the work [DVOJKONCERT?] is being considered. PS also wishes BM to compose a cantata for mixed choir and orchestra [EPOS ON GILGAMES?]. The text will be in Latin, as the English translation would lose half its meaning. PS also invited BM for an extended visit. BM is still listed as a banned author in Prague. Václav Štěpán has to undergo surgery again. The embassy is not interested in the performance of [DVOJKONCERT] in Basel, so BM plans to write an article for a Czech newspaper. He asks PD for the periodical Dissonance and other critics.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
Noteenvelope
Fixationhandwriting
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour

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Location as subject
Basel
Bern
Prague
Person as subject
Martinů, Charlotte
Sacher, Paul
Štěpán, Václav
Corporation as subject
Basler Volksblatt
Dissonance
La Suisse
Composition as subject
Double Concerto, H 271
The Epic of Gilgamesh [auth.], H 351
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