General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationSchönenberg, Pratteln
Send date26.10.1957
RecipientJirák, Karel Boleslav
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationChicago, Illinois
LanguageCzech
Acquiredgift from Blanka Jiráková donated to Martinů Foundation in 1990s; until 2018 by K. Maýrová, then at NBM library
Owner of the sourceNadace Bohuslava Martinů
Former owner- Soukromý vlastník, Private owner
Call number at IBMJirK 1957-10-26
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů replies to Karel Boleslav Jirák's letter from Switzerland, he is no longer in Rome. He will not give much information about the scholarship from the American Academy, BM was approached as composer in residence. Everything seems to be happening in New York, probably somehow related to the Guggenheim Foundation. [Mary] Williams will give Jirák more information. Students at the Academy work alone and one of their scores is performed at the end of the fellowship. The applicant must have good recommendations, but "there's not much to be found" in Rome. The Martins are back in Basel and will stay for a few months. They don't have an apartment in New York, so they don't want to go back. BM has been reading a lot about KBJ's organizational work. A trip to Czechoslovakia is in sight, they have news from home. They were in Paris and got the flu.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Fixationtypescript and handwritten signature
Markingsdiacritics added
Attachmentsenvelope attached
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atIBM
Date of digitisation2018

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Location as subject
Basel
New York, NY
Paris
Prague
Rome
Switzerland
Person as subject
Jiráková, Blanka
Martinů, Charlotte
Williams, Mary
Corporation as subject
American Academy in Rome
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
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