General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Note on Sender‘s location24 West 58 St.
Send date19.05.1948
RecipientPáleníček, Josef
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationPrague
Note on Recipient‘s locationKamenická, Prague 7
LanguageCzech
Acquiredcopy from private owner (IBM got the copy from K. Maýrová)
Owner of the source- Soukromý vlastník, Private owner
Call number at IBMPálJ 1948-05-19
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů replies somewhat indignantly to Josef Páleníček's letter. He denies that he does not want to return home. He himself does not know what position he holds at the [Prague] Conservatoire and is not yet fully recovered from his injury. He does not renounce his responsibility towards Czechoslovakia, he just thinks that for the time being he is better off where he is. Especially after the situation in which Václav Talich found himself [accused of collaboration with the Nazis]. VT is of great importance to BM, although the conductor himself may not know it. It is not BM's fault that few of his compositions are performed and published in Bohemia. He sends the PIANO CONCERT [Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 3, H 316] to Melantrich.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Noteattached flown cower with addresses of Bohuslav Martinů and Josef Páleníček
Fixationtypescript with handwritten signature
Digitisation The document is not digitized. Hard copy available in Bohuslav Martinů Institute library.
Person as subject
Šebánek, Karel
Talich, Václav
Corporation as subject
Generální konzulát ČSR v New Yorku
Melantrich
Pražská konzervatoř
Composition as subject
Film en Miniature, H 148
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3, H 316
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