General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderStrecker, Willy
Sender (corporation)Schott Music GmbH & Co.
Sender‘s locationMainz
Send date01.08.1953
RecipientMartinů, Bohuslav
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationParis
LanguageFrench
Acquiredcopy from Schott Music, Mainz, 2017
Owner of the sourceSchott Music GmbH & Co.
Call number at IBMSM 1953-08-01
Content and physical description
ContentWilhelm Strecker is glad that Bohuslav Martinů is in Europe. He hopes to meet him occasionally. He leaves for England today and will return in about ten days.
From Pierre Fournier they have acquired the CONCERT FOR VIOLONCELLO [No. 1] for the Schott publishing house. It will be available on the spot to interested parties who contact Schott. If August Wenzinger writes to them, they will be able to make all the necessary arrangements at once.
Mr. Wall of the AMP will visit them in September. They will discuss with him the question of ASCAP and the composer's American rights. Schott is prepared to distribute BM's works published by AMP in Europe and to have a list of BM's works published by Schott and AMP.
WS will have the composer sent a full accounting now that BM is in Europe. He will also send him a pocket score of the CONCERTANT SYMPHONY ["Sinfonia Concertante"]. The piece had already been published [only loan material?] long before the war, but remained completely unknown. Perhaps this small score will help to arouse new interest. Perhaps BM no longer even remembers it. When WS returns, he will give the composer more detailed information. He will be available in Mainz as always.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Notecarbony copy of the sent letter; letter signed by a secretary
Fixationtypescript, handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atSchott
Date of digitisation2017

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Location as subject
United Kingdom
Person as subject
Fournier, Pierre
Wall, Charles
Wenzinger, August
Corporation as subject
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Associated Music Publishers
Composition as subject
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No. 1, 2nd version, H 196 II
Sinfonia Concertante, H 219
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