General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Send date24.12.1949
RecipientJirák, Karel Boleslav
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationChicago, Illinois
LanguageCzech
Acquiredgift from Blanka Jiráková donated to Martinů Foundation in 1990s; returned to the Foundation library from K. Maýrová in 2018
Owner of the sourceNadace Bohuslava Martinů
Former owner- Soukromý vlastník, Private owner
Call number at IBMJirK 1949-12-24
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů apologizes to Karel Boleslav Jirák for not answering his letters for a long time. He had been in France over the holidays and returned depressed and tired and isolated himself, going only to Princeton to teach. In Paris he met [Karel] Šebánek, who brought him some of the scores published by Melantrich, and they are excellently finished. The BM National Bank allowed the shipment of money [abroad], but he still got nothing. BM got the Academy Award for his SYMPHONY No. 3, for which he also got scolded in Právo lidu. [Rudolf] Firkušný and [Rafael] Kubelík handled the messages, BM thanks them for them. They are preparing for Christmas dinner and are thinking of the family at home.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
Fixationhandwriting
Attachmentsenvelope attached
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atIBM
Date of digitisation2018

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Location as subject
France
Paris
Person as subject
Firkušný, Rudolf
Kubelík, Rafael
Šebánek, Karel
Corporation as subject
Akademie věd České republiky
Melantrich
Národní banka Československá
Právo lidu
Princeton University
Composition as subject
Symphony No. 3 [auth.], H 299
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