General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderSacher, Paul
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationSchönenberg - Pratteln
Note on Sender‘s location[Schönenberg - Pratteln]
Send date26.07.1950
RecipientStein, Erwin
Recipient (corporation)Boosey & Hawkes, London
Recipient‘s locationLondon
Note on Recipient‘s location[295 Regent Street]
LanguageEnglish
Acquiredtranscript by Jana Franková, 08/2017; the original letter is in Paul Sacher Stiftung
Owner of the sourcePaul Sacher Stiftung
Call number at IBMBH 1950-07-26
Content and physical description
Transcription of the letter

[...] I can inform you that Martinu estimated the duration of his SINFONIA CONCERTANTE on 16’. On control I found that the first movement lasts 8’, the second 31/2’ and the last 71/2’, together 19’. I suppose your estimation is too long. A performance will probably not take more than 20’.



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Notea carbon copy of the sent letter; only transcription of the part of the letter available at B. Martinu Institute
Fixationcarbon copy of the typescript
Digitisation The document is not digitized. Hard copy available in Bohuslav Martinů Institute library.
Person as subject
Martinů, Bohuslav
Composition as subject
Sinfonia Concertante [auth.] No. 2, H 322
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