General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationParis
Send date26.07.1953
RecipientStrecker, Willy
Recipient (corporation)Schott Music GmbH & Co.
Recipient‘s locationMainz
Note on Recipient‘s location[Mainz?]
LanguageFrench
AcquiredCopy from Schott Music Archive, Mainz, 2017
Owner of the sourceSchott Music GmbH & Co.
Call number at IBMSM 1953-07-26
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů tells [Wilhelm Strecker] that he is in Europe for a while and may have the opportunity to meet him. How is he doing?
He asks about plans for the CONCERT FOR VIOLONCELLO [No. 1], which Pierre Fournier has with him. Several cellists have recently asked the composer about material and he has referred them to Eschig or Schott.
On the same subject he received a letter from August Wenzinger of Basel, who had included the piece in his programme in Switzerland but had to cancel it because he could not find the material. It will be necessary to make the piece available to other cellists who have scored it and cannot play it. BM is glad PF has it in his repertoire, he is a friend and the best cellist working today. However, he has had it for a long time and something needs to be done about it. BM hasn't received royalties from performances for several years. He is a member of ASCAP. They don't control the Schott publishing company, but they see that BM is not getting anything. [?]
BM asks how the situation can be resolved.
Furthermore, BM has no news from Schott regarding other compositions. There are enquiries about his compositions for piano RITORNELY and "Trio" [PIANO TRIO No. 1]. He is also not receiving royalties for the orchestral works "Serenade" [SERENAD FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA] and PARTITU.
Couldn't Schott represent chamber music in Europe that was published by AMP in New York? Many people have asked BM about this.
BM gives his Paris address.
Total number of leaves2
Number of pages bearing text3
NoteReceiver's name inferred from context
FixationHandwriting
MarkingsIn an unidentified hand
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atSchott
Date of digitisation2017

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Location as subject
Basel
New York, NY
Switzerland
Person as subject
Fournier, Pierre
Wenzinger, August
Corporation as subject
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Associated Music Publishers
Éditions Max Eschig
Composition as subject
Piano Trio No. 1 (Five short pieces), H 193
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No. 1, 2nd version, H 196 II
Partita (Suite No. 1), H 212
Ritornellos, H 227
Serenade, H 199
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