General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Send date30.06.1955
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 1955-06-30
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů writes to Karel Novák to tell [Miloš] Sadl not to play the Cello Concerto No. 1, which he played at the [Prague Spring] festival, until he receives a new score. BM heard the work from the radio the other day and there are many mistakes in the material, it was lost in 1940 and someone must have "corrected" it. BM therefore reworked the piece and it looks quite different now. Where did they get the material from? Schott is going to release a new version, so have Zadlo and the others wait. BM knows [Miloš] Šaf[ránek's] critics, but he doesn't have a monopoly on BM, so KN should forget about [his] objections. BM sent [František] Smetana Cello Sonata No. 3. BM is glad that they have recorded KYTICE, but he has not heard it yet. SYMPHONIC FANTASIES is already being printed, they will surely get it. HYMNUS TO ST. JAMES was written only for the Polička church and BM does not like it being played elsewhere. BM is saddened by the news about [Václav] Talich and wishes him a speedy recovery. [František] Muzika is a hypochondriac. Marka [Martinů] is already home from the hospital. BM is saddened by the news about Marka [Nováková, Karl's sister]. BM often thinks of Stanya [Novák]. BM regrets KN's separation from his wife [Bohumila Nováková], he loved her. Why doesn't KN marry Herberta [Masaryk]? She is a good girl. He thanks her for her greetings and remembers how they were all together in Brittany with St. Novák and Frantiska [Nováková].
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
Fixationhandwriting
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
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Date of digitisation2022

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Location as subject
Bretagne
Paris
Person as subject
Martinů, Marie
Masaryková, Herberta
Muzika, František
Novák, Stanislav
Nováková, Františka
Nováková, Marie
Nováková, Bohumila
Sádlo, Miloš
Šafránek, Miloš
Smetana, František
Talich, Václav
Corporation as subject
Pražské jaro
Schott Music GmbH & Co.
Composition as subject
Hymn to St. James, H 347
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No. 1, 1st version, H 196 I
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No. 1, 2nd version, H 196 II
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No. 1, 3rd version, H 196 III
Bouquet of Flowers, H 260
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano No. 3, H 340
Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies Symphoniques), H 343
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