General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Note on Sender‘s location[New York]
Send date14.12.1949
RecipientNovák, Karel
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageCzech
AcquiredBought from Eva Charvátová (K. Novák´s daughter), deposited at Martinů Centre in Polička (call no. D68/2010 č.S019)
Owner of the sourceNadace Bohuslava Martinů
Call number at IBMNovK 1949-12-14
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů apologizes for his long silence, but life in New York is so intense that there is no time for letters. BM is in touch with his family in Polička, so he knows at least a little about what is going on at home. He is glad that Karel Novák liked SYMPHONY No. 3. BM also likes it, he thought of [Václav] Talich when composing it and imagined seeing everyone at home, but now there is no hope of seeing them soon. They will go to the country for Christmas, BM commuting to Princeton University for two days a week. They were in France for the holidays and BM was disappointed with the people there. KN is to put BM's article in the book about Stan [Novak]. If there is time, BM will write some more. His health is serving him and they are living well in the USA "despite it being such a capitalist country". He would like to see old friends. He has seen [Karel] Šebánek in Paris, Rudolf Firkušný lives in the USA but sees little of him, Rafael [Kubelík] is now in Chicago and is playing the Double Concert everywhere. Firkušný played the Piano Concert [No. 3] in Texas. [Jan] Löwenbach is also in the USA but they have not seen each other for a long time. [Karel Boleslav] Jirák occasionally gets in touch. There is a rush at the post office over Christmas, so BM sends a package after the holidays.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypescript and handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
Digitized atIBM
Date of digitisation2022

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Location as subject
Chicago, Illinois
Dallas, Texas
France
New York, NY
Paris
Person as subject
Charvátová (roz. Nováková), Eva
Firkušný, Rudolf
Jirák, Karel Boleslav
Kubelík, Rafael
Löwenbach, Jan
Nováková, Bohumila
Šebánek, Karel
Talich, Václav
Corporation as subject
Princeton University
Composition as subject
Double Concerto, H 271
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3, H 316
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