General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Send date17.03.1948
RecipientJirák, Karel Boleslav
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationChicago, Illinois
LanguageCzech
Acquiredgift from Blanka Jiráková donated to Martinů Foundation in 1990s; in 2018 returned K. Maýrová the letters to the Martinů Library
Owner of the sourceNadace Bohuslava Martinů
Former owner- Soukromý vlastník, Private owner
Call number at IBMJirK 1948-03-17
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů received the magazine Tempo, where there is a polemic between [Mirko] Očadlík and [František] Barotš, which also concerns Karel Boleslav Jirák. BM can send him Tempo. [Václav] Talich and [Rudolf] Firkušný are "ousted" together with other composers. Does KBJ know anything about Jiří Dostál? They say [Jan] Löwenbach is in an asylum.
BM doesn't know what's going to happen to Melantrich or what's going on with [Karel] Šebánek. BM would like to get from Czechoslovak Radio at least copies of the pieces commissioned by the radio: VESELOHRA NA MOSTĚ, [HLAS LESA] and KYTICE. Since he will probably not be returning, he will place the tracks in America or Europe. What's the visa situation for KBJ? BM has no news from home, only his sister [Marie Martinu] wrote to him. They're obviously not expecting him at the Festival. How to help Talich? BM doesn't know if some initiative from him would be more likely to help Talich. What happened to [Ferdinand] Peroutka? The upset of the events has made BM a little worse, but he is better now.
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
Ostrava
Polička
Washington, D.C.
Person as subject
Bartoš (skladatel, muzikolog), František
Dostál, Jiří
Firkušný, Rudolf
Jiráková, Blanka
Löwenbach, Jan
Očadlík, Mirko
Peroutka, Ferdinand
Šebánek, Karel
Talich, Václav
Vogel, Jaroslav
Corporation as subject
Československý rozhlas
Melantrich
Pražské jaro
United States Department of State
Composition as subject
The Voice of the Forest, H 243
Bouquet of Flowers, H 260
Comedy on the Bridge, H 247
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