General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderDeutsch, Pavel
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationLausanne
Send date31.03.1940
RecipientVerdier, Jean
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationParis
LanguageFrench
Acquiredcopy from Gregory Dayton-Mohl, 2013
Owner of the source- Soukromý vlastník, Private owner
Call number at IBMDeu 1940-03-31
Content and physical description
ContentPavel Deutsch refers to Cardinal Verdier as a great friend of his native country and draws his attention to "our greatest contemporary Czech composer, B. Martinů", who is now in Paris. Martinů's music is simple in its means, but very impressive, and by its inner strength is capable of 'bringing erring souls to religious life'. His opera PLAYS OF MARY, which resembles the plays of Pasha, is a work that this century needs and deserves the Cardinal's patronage. Not only for its musical qualities, but also for its high religious spirit. The work would certainly do much good if it were performed throughout France. France would thus make good her debt in recognizing a Czech composer whose works are now banned in Bohemia.
Total number of leaves1
Notea carbon copy of the sent letter
Fixationtypescript
Digitisation The document is not digitized. Hard copy available in Bohuslav Martinů Institute library.
Location as subject
Czechoslovakia
France
Paris
Person as subject
Martinů, Bohuslav
Composition as subject
The Plays of Mary, H 236
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