General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Note on Sender‘s location[?]
Send date01.10.1943
RecipientVogel, Richard J.
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationNew York, NY
Note on Recipient‘s location[New York?]
LanguageCzech
Acquiredcopy from a private property, 2016
Owner of the sourceNárodní knihovna České republiky, Praha
Former owner- Soukromý vlastník, Private owner
Call number at IBMVogR 1943-10-01
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů thanks you for the invitation to contribute to the anniversary of 28 October and encloses his text - memories of Paris [appendix not preserved, text printed in the New York Times]. As a composer, he will contribute to the anniversary with two events: the premiere of MEMORIAL TO PEOPLE at the New York Philharmonic, dir. Artur Rodzinsky, and the premiere of SYMPHONY No. 2 in Cleveland, dir. Erich Leindsdorf.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
NoteThe text originaly attached to the letter was published in Newyorské listy, 28.10.1943; new edition also as "Pařížské nábřeží" in M. Šafránek, Bohuslav Martinů, domov, hudba a svět. Praha: Státní hudební vydavatelství, 1966, p. 115–117.
FixationHandwriting
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour

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Location as subject
Cleveland, Ohio
New York, NY
Person as subject
Leinsdorf, Erich
Rodziński, Artur
Corporation as subject
New York Philharmonic
Composition as subject
Memorial to Lidice [auth.], H 296
Symphony No. 2, H 295
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