General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderJirák, Karel Boleslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationChicago, Illinois
Send date02.11.1950
RecipientMartinů, Bohuslav
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageCzech
Acquiredgift from Blanka Jiráková donated to Martinů Foundation; until 2018 by K. Maýrová, then at Martinů Library
Owner of the sourceNadace Bohuslava Martinů
Former owner- Soukromý vlastník, Private owner
Call number at IBMJirK 1950-11-02
Content and physical description
ContentKarel Boleslav Jirák thanks Bohuslav Martinů for his welcome during his trip to New York. He sends 4 photographs, albeit of poor quality. KBJ is already working but has bad news from home about his mother's health. If BM sees [Rudolf] Firkušný, he is to remind him of KBJ's letter. [Rafael] Kubelík is received sympathetically in Chicago, though not always enthusiastically. KBJ goes to see Kubelík's performance of Janáček's Sinfonietta today. Taras Bulba is a flop in the US.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Notecarbon copy of the sent letter
Fixationtypescript + handwritten markings
Markingshandwritten title "Martinů" by K. B. Jirák
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atIBM
Date of digitisation2018

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Location as subject
Czechoslovakia
New York, NY
Person as subject
Brahms, Johannes
Firkušný, Rudolf
Janáček, Leoš
Jiráková, Blanka
Kubelík, Rafael
Martinů, Charlotte
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
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