General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationPrague
Send date17.09.1921
RecipientMasaryk, Tomáš
Recipient (corporation)Kancelář prezidenta republiky
Recipient‘s locationPrague
LanguageCzech
AcquiredCopy from the Archives of the Office of the President of the Czech Republic, 2018
Owner of the sourceArchiv Kanceláře prezidenta republiky
Owner‘s call number739; R 14973/21
Call number at IBMKPR 1921-09-17
Content and physical description
ContentBohuslav Martinů writes to the President of the Republic [Tomáš Masaryk] asking for financial support. He lists his achievements to date, such as awards from the Czech Academy [of Sciences and Arts] or the performance of the CZECH RHAPSODY, which he personally attended in 1919. BM found himself in existential distress because of his compositional work, as he devoted all his free time to composing. He has just completed a full-length symphonic ballet, ISTAR, which [Otakar] Ostrčil and the ballet master have evaluated positively, and BM therefore hopes for its performance during the winter season.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
Noteaccording to rubber stamp it was delivered to Office of the President of the Republic on October 7th, 1921; transcription of the letter enclosed
Fixationmanuscript
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Digitized atArchives of the Office of the President of the Czech Republic
Date of digitisation2018

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Person as subject
Ostrčil, Otakar
Corporation as subject
Česká akademie věd a umění
Česká filharmonie
Hlahol
Composition as subject
Czech Rhapsody, H 118
Istar [auth.], H 130
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