General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderŠafránek, Miloš
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationParis
Send date12.12.1936
RecipientŠalda, Jaroslav
Recipient (corporation)Melantrich
Recipient‘s locationPrague
LanguageCzech
Acquiredcopy from Archives Office of the President, 2018
Owner of the sourceArchiv Kanceláře prezidenta republiky
Owner‘s call numberD 13451/36
Call number at IBMMEL 1936-12-12
Content and physical description
ContentMiloš Šafránek read in the newspapers that Melantrich had a new music department and urged Jaroslav Šalda to secure a proper contract for the production of Bohuslav Martinů. Schott's music publishing house had already had this idea, but due to the political situation they did not implement the plans. What follows is a brief overview of BM's work and an outline of its use from a commercial point of view. Melantrich could contact the existing publishers of BM's works. BM would have liked a contract for 2 to 3 years with monthly advances of frs 3,000 for which he would supply finished works as agreed. According to the MC, this would be a good investment for the future as BM's position in the west is quite exceptional. Initially Melantrich could, for example, just rent orchestral material and scores, from which it would make a nice turnover even without publishing the works in print. BM needs someone to oversee the performance of its works abroad. The composer could also be required to provide literary collaboration and could be the representative of the Melantrich music department in Paris.
Total number of leaves4
Number of pages bearing text4
Noterubber stamp of Museum of Czech Music
Fixationtypescript and handwritten signature
Markingssignature of [Miloš] Šafránek; on first page is handwritten signature D 13451/36; signature of Museum of Czech Music HA-G j. př. 64/89 on the back of second list
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional black-and-white
Digitized atIBM
Date of digitisation2022

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Location as subject
Brussels
Cleveland, Ohio
London
Luxembourg
Mainz
Germany
Warsaw
Vienna
Person as subject
Dvořák, Antonín
Hitler, Adolf
Martinů, Bohuslav
Novák, Vítězslav
Smetana, Bedřich
Suk, Josef st.
Talich, Václav
Corporation as subject
Ahn & Simrock
Breitkopf & Härtel
Cleveland Orchestra
Éditions Alphonse Leduc
Éditions Max Eschig
Národní divadlo Brno
Národní divadlo v Praze
Raymond Deiss
Schott Music GmbH & Co.
Sirène Musicale
Universal Edition
Composition as subject
Theatre Behind the Gate, H 251
The Voice of the Forest, H 243
The Plays of Mary, H 236
Inventions [auth.], H 234
Juliette (The Key to Dreams), H 253
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2, H 237
String Quartet No. 1, H 117
String Quartet No. 2, H 150
String Quartet No. 3, H 183
String Quartet with Orchestra, H 207
The Chap-Book, 1st version, H 214 I
Comedy on the Bridge, H 247
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