General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Send date24.02.1948
RecipientJirák, Karel Boleslav
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationChicago, Illinois
LanguageCzech
Acquiredgift from Blanka jiráková donated to Martinů Foundation in 1990s; in 2018 letters returned to the library from K. Maýrová
Owner of the sourceNadace Bohuslava Martinů
Former owner- Soukromý vlastník, Private owner
Call number at IBMJirK 1948-02-24
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů congratulates Karel Boleslav Jirák on his marriage. It's complicated with American visas. Perhaps only [Roosevelt] College can help, maybe even Olin Downes. KBJ is to consult with an attorney quickly. Perhaps if KBJ had connections at the State Department in Washington. The League of Composers can't help, it only cares about its members, the Americans. BM doesn't have a teaching job, after his injury he lives on savings and orders, which he can't even fill because his work is slow. Things are bad with BM's return to Prague after the events that are happening now - Zdeněk Nejedlý is again the Minister of Education. BM won't even go to the [Prague Spring] Festival, if at all. Even the [Czech] Philharmonic did not invite him this year.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypescript and handwritten signature
Attachmentsenvelope attached
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atIBM
Date of digitisation2018

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Location as subject
Prague
Washington, D.C.
Person as subject
Downes, Olin
Jiráková, Blanka
Nejedlý, Zdeněk
Corporation as subject
Česká filharmonie
League of Composers
Ministerstvo školství a kultury ČSR
Pražské jaro
Roosevelt University
United States Department of State
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