General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNice
Send date17.04.1954
RecipientDesarzens, Victor
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageFrench
Acquiredcopy conserved in the archive of Musikkolegium Wintherthur, location of the original unknown
Owner of the sourceMusikkollegium Winterthur
Call number at IBMDes 1954-04-17
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů tells Victor Desarzens that after his first concerto for two violins [CONCERT DUO] he has written a new composition for this ensemble - CONCERTO FOR TWO VIOLINS AND ORCH. His dedicatees and performers [Gerald and Wilfred Beal] want to come to Europe and BM is helping them get concert offers. He asks VD if he would like to invite them as soloists in his orchestra and present a concert by BM. He attaches their promotional material [not preserved].
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationhandwriting
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white

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Location as subject
Lausanne
Person as subject
Beal, Wilfred
Beal, Gerald
Composition as subject
Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra [auth.], H 329
Duo Concertant, H 264
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